CVE-2015-1547

Publication date 13 April 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

The NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access) via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by libtiff5.tif.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 15.10 wily
Not affected
15.04 vivid
Fixed 4.0.3-12.3ubuntu1
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

Notes

mdeslaur

Fix included in CVE-2014-9655-2

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