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CVE-2015-8683

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8683 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the LibTIFF 4.0.6 putcontig8bitCIELab function, affecting Debian and LibTIFF products. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered by a remote attacker via a crafted TIFF image, leading to a denial of service. Exploitation requires user interaction and local access, but the attack complexity is low. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0286 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.9.4-18.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libtiff-0:4.0.3-25.el7_2
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libtiff

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8683Low

libtiff: Out-of-bounds when reading CIE Lab image format files

Dec 25, 2015

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-16
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3467
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/12/25/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/12/26/1
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
securityfocus.com / bid/79718
securitytracker.com / id/1035508
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2939-1