CVE-2015-8784

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

6.5 MediumFix available

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

4.61%Up 1.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.

Record: CVE-2015-8784
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness: CWE-787
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.

Record: CVE-2015-8784
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2015-8656 No score

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.

Record: EUVD-2015-8656
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gw6g-3r38-pg33 6.5

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.

Record: GHSA-gw6g-3r38-pg33
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-787
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.5

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.

Record: CVE-2015-8784
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-8784 6.5

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8784
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

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OSVRHSA-2016:1546 6.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: libtiff security update

Record: RHSA-2016:1546
CVSS 3.0: 6.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVRHSA-2016:1547 6.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: libtiff security update

Record: RHSA-2016:1547
CVSS 3.0: 6.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8784 6.5

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8784
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUSN-2939-1 No score

tiff vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Record: USN-2939-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`tiff` Debian:12	before 4.0.6-1	4.0.6-1
`tiff` Debian:13	before 4.0.6-1	4.0.6-1
`tiff` Debian:14	before 4.0.6-1	4.0.6-1
`tiff` Debian:6.0 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs	before 3.9.4-5+squeeze14, plus listed versions 3.9.4-53.9.4-5+squeeze13.9.4-5+squeeze103.9.4-5+squeeze113.9.4-5+squeeze12 Show 9 moreShow less 3.9.4-5+squeeze133.9.4-5+squeeze23.9.4-5+squeeze33.9.4-5+squeeze43.9.4-5+squeeze53.9.4-5+squeeze63.9.4-5+squeeze73.9.4-5+squeeze83.9.4-5+squeeze9	3.9.4-5+squeeze14
`tiff3` Debian:7 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs	before 3.9.6-11+deb7u4, plus listed versions 3.9.6-113.9.6-11+deb7u13.9.6-11+deb7u23.9.6-11+deb7u3	3.9.6-11+deb7u4
`tiff` Debian:7 From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 4.0.2-6+deb7u5, plus listed versions 4.0.2-64.0.2-6+deb7u14.0.2-6+deb7u24.0.2-6+deb7u34.0.2-6+deb7u4	4.0.2-6+deb7u5
`tiff` Debian:8 From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u1, plus listed versions 4.0.3-12.3	4.0.3-12.3+deb8u1
`libtiff` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`libtiff-static` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-tools` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-static` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-tools` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-static` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-tools` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-static` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff-tools` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2	0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
`libtiff` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff-static` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff-static` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff-static` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`libtiff-static` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 19 CVEs	before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8	0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
`tiff` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4, plus listed versions 4.0.2-4ubuntu34.0.3-5ubuntu14.0.3-64.0.3-6ubuntu14.0.3-74.0.3-7ubuntu0.14.0.3-7ubuntu0.24.0.3-7ubuntu0.3	4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4
`tiff` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS From an advisory covering 6 CVEs	before 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4, plus listed versions 4.0.2-4ubuntu34.0.3-5ubuntu14.0.3-64.0.3-6ubuntu14.0.3-74.0.3-7ubuntu0.14.0.3-7ubuntu0.24.0.3-7ubuntu0.3	4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-8784 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Libtiff, published December 31, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.61%, the 91st percentile. Fixed in tiff 4.0.6-1.

References

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