CVE-2014-8130

Publication date 31 December 2014

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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

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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	Upstream: 3c5eb8b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
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