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CVE-2015-8870

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0200 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libtiff-0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: compat-libtiff3

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8870Moderate

libtiff: Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c

Jan 28, 2015

References

download.osgeo.org / libtiff/tiff-4.0.4.tar.gz
Patch
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
floyd.ch
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94717