Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-8683
CVE-2015-8683
Description
The putcontig8bitCIELab function in tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a packed TIFF image.
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Affected products
7- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSS
< 4.0.7-1.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.7-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.34.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.34.1
Patches
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References
12- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3467nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/25/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/26/1nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/79718nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035508nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2939-1nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16nvd
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