CVE-2015-7554

Publication date 8 January 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The _TIFFVGetField function in tif_dir.c in libtiff 4.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory write and crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted field data in an extension tag in a TIFF image.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tiff	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 4.0.6-2ubuntu0.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

partial fix in RHEL

sbeattie

debian incorporated partial fix in 4.0.7-7

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
tiff	Vendor: https://git.centos.org/blob/rpms!libtiff.git/1ad9335dc0c1325262c62842eda01476243ec821/SOURCES!libtiff-CVE-2015-7554.patch Upstream: 4d4fa0b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H