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CVE-2015-8781

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8781 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in libtiff's tif_luv.c, affecting Debian and libtiff versions. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) can lead to a denial of service if an attacker provides a specially crafted LogL compressed TIFF image with an invalid number of samples per pixel, requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0283 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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, 0.1 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-2015-8781Low

libtiff: invalid assertion

Jan 24, 2016

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00058.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00064.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-16
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3467
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/3
Mailing ListPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/01/24/7
Mailing List
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/81730
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2939-1
Third Party Advisory