CVE-2015-8683
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.21%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-8683
To remediate CVE-2015-8683, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.6-1 or later
Is CVE-2015-8683 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.0.6-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |