CVE-2015-8870 is an integer overflow vulnerability in LibTIFF versions prior to 4.0.4, specifically within the tools/bmp2tiff.c component. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer over-read, leading to a denial of service or potential information disclosure, by providing specially crafted width and length values in RLE4 or RLE8 data within a BMP file. Rated with a CVSSv3 score of 7.4 (High), it requires no user interaction and has high impact on confidentiality and availability, though with high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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