{"id":"USN-2553-2","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"tiff regression","description":"USN-2553-1 fixed vulnerabilities in LibTIFF. One of the security fixes\ncaused a regression when saving certain TIFF files with a Predictor tag.\nThe problematic patch has been temporarily backed out until a more complete\nfix is available.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n William Robinet discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain\n malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a\n specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application,\n leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with\n user privileges. (CVE-2014-8127, CVE-2014-8128, CVE-2014-8129,\n CVE-2014-8130)\n \n Paris Zoumpouloglou discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain\n malformed BMP images. If a user or automated system were tricked into\n opening a specially crafted BMP image, a remote attacker could crash the\n application, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2014-9330)\n \n Michal Zalewski discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain\n malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a\n specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application,\n leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with\n user privileges. (CVE-2014-9655)","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"published":"2015-04-01T20:15:38Z","modified":"2026-04-22T09:09:29Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","package":"tiff","fixed_in":["4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","package":"tiff","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3"}]}],"versions":["4.0.2-4ubuntu3","4.0.3-5ubuntu1","4.0.3-6","4.0.3-6ubuntu1","4.0.3-7","4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1","4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2553-2","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1439186","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"USN-2553-2","title":"tiff regression","description":"USN-2553-1 fixed vulnerabilities in LibTIFF. One of the security fixes\ncaused a regression when saving certain TIFF files with a Predictor tag.\nThe problematic patch has been temporarily backed out until a more complete\nfix is available.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n William Robinet discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain\n malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a\n specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application,\n leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with\n user privileges. (CVE-2014-8127, CVE-2014-8128, CVE-2014-8129,\n CVE-2014-8130)\n \n Paris Zoumpouloglou discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain\n malformed BMP images. If a user or automated system were tricked into\n opening a specially crafted BMP image, a remote attacker could crash the\n application, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2014-9330)\n \n Michal Zalewski discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain\n malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a\n specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application,\n leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with\n user privileges. (CVE-2014-9655)\n","status":"published","published":"2015-04-01T20:15:38Z","modified":"2026-04-22T09:09:29.422132Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:09.227524Z"}]}}