CVE-2015-8668 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the PackBitsPreEncode function of libtiff (4.0.6 and earlier), affecting products like Oracle and Red Hat. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by providing a specially crafted BMP image with a large width field. Despite its CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) and high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_server:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_server:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.