CVE-2015-7554
libtiff: Invalid-write in _TIFFVGetField() when parsing some extension tags
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · December 26, 2015
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE not specified