CVE-2015-8870
libtiff: Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · January 28, 2015
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read), or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory, via crafted width and length values in RLE4 or RLE8 data in a BMP file.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 4.4CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound