CVE-2014-8127
libtiff: out-of-bounds read with malformed TIFF image in multiple tools
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · December 7, 2014
Updated · May 13, 2026
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.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw in libtiff.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 3.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read