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CVE-2015-8665

tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of...

5.5 MediumFix available

tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via the SamplesPerPixel tag in a TIFF image.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.86%Up 0.9 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via the SamplesPerPixel tag in a TIFF image.

Record
CVE-2015-8665
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/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-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via the SamplesPerPixel tag in a TIFF image.

Record
CVE-2015-8665
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8542 No score

tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via the SamplesPerPixel tag in a TIFF image.

Record
EUVD-2015-8542
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-487c-w7vm-2hxw 5.5

tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of...

tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via the SamplesPerPixel tag in a TIFF image.

Record
GHSA-487c-w7vm-2hxw
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.5

tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via the SamplesPerPixel tag in a TIFF image.

Record
CVE-2015-8665
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-8665 5.5

tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via the SamplesPerPixel tag in a TIFF image.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8665
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/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-2015-8665 5.5

tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via the SamplesPerPixel tag in a TIFF image.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8665
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0017 No score

Updated libtiff package fixes security vulnerabilities

In libtiff, in tif_next.c, a potential out-of-bound write in NeXTDecode() triggered by the test case for CVE-2015-1547 (maptools bugzilla #2508).

In libtiff, in tif_getimage.c, out-of-bound reads in the TIFFRGBAImage interface in case of unsupported values of SamplesPerPixel/ExtraSamples for LogLUV / CIELab (CVE-2015-8665, CVE-2015-8683).

Record
MGASA-2016-0017
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10554-1 No score

libtiff-devel-32bit-4.0.7-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libtiff-devel-32bit-4.0.7-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10554-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2022:14888-1 No score

Security update for tiff

This update for tiff fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2015-8683: Fixed out-of-bounds when reading CIE Lab image format files (bsc#1156754).
  • CVE-2015-8665: Fixed out-of-bounds read in tif_getimage.c (bsc#1156749).
  • CVE-2020-35521: Fixed memory allocation failure in tif_read.c (bsc#1182808).
  • CVE-2020-35522: Fixed memory allocation failure in tif_pixarlog.c (bsc#1182809).
  • CVE-2020-35523: Fixed integer overflow in tif_getimage.c (bsc#1182811).
  • CVE-2020-35524: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in TIFF2PDF tool (bsc#1182812).
Record
SUSE-SU-2022:14888-1
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
PackageAffectedFixed
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
 before 3.9.4-5+squeeze13, plus listed versions
3.9.4-53.9.4-5+squeeze13.9.4-5+squeeze103.9.4-5+squeeze113.9.4-5+squeeze12
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3.9.4-5+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+squeeze13
tiff3
Debian:7
 before 3.9.6-11+deb7u1, plus listed versions
3.9.6-11
3.9.6-11+deb7u1
tiff
Debian:7
 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
 before 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u1, plus listed versions
4.0.3-12.3
4.0.3-12.3+deb8u1
libtiff
Mageia:5
 before 4.0.6-1.2.mga5
4.0.6-1.2.mga5
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
 before 3.8.2-141.169.34.1
3.8.2-141.169.34.1
tiff
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS
 before 3.8.2-141.169.34.1
3.8.2-141.169.34.1
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
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
 before 4.0.7-1.1
4.0.7-1.1

History

History
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In short

CVE-2015-8665 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Libtiff, published December 31, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.86%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in tiff 4.0.6-1.

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