CVE-2014-8127: libtiff Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-8127 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 5.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 5Timeline
- 26-06-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted TIFF image to the (1) checkInkNamesString function in tif_dir.c in the thumbnail tool, (2) compresscontig function in tiff2bw.c in the tiff2bw tool, (3) putcontig8bitCIELab function in tif_getimage.c in the tiff2rgba tool, LZWPreDecode function in tif_lzw.c in the (4) tiff2ps or (5) tiffdither tool, (6) NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in the tiffmedian tool, or (7) TIFFWriteDirectoryTagLongLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c in the tiffset tool.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
5.71%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.05 pp
From 5.67% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Alpine1 product
- tiff< 4.0.7-r0
Debian1 product
- tiff< 4.0.6-3
Libtiff1 product
- libtiff4.0.3
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL13.1 | 13.2
Ubuntu1 product
- tiff< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2
5 vendors · 5 products
References
20 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00022.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
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- www.conostix.com/pub/adv/CVE-2014-8127-LibTIFF-Out-of-bounds_Reads.txtX Refsource MISCThird Party AdvisoryREPORT