CVE-2014-8130

Publication date 31 December 2014

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

The _TIFFmalloc function in tif_unix.c in LibTIFF 4.0.3 does not reject a zero size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image that is mishandled by the TIFFWriteScanline function in tif_write.c, as demonstrated by tiffdither.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 14.10 utopic
Fixed 4.0.3-10ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.7
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.15

Patch details

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Package Patch details
tiff

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2553-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 31 March 2015

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