Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2015-8668 First vendor Publication 2016-01-08
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-12-20

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 9.8
Base Score 9.8 Environmental Score 9.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 9.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 3.9
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PackBitsPreEncode function in tif_packbits.c in bmp2tiff in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a large width field in a BMP image.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8668

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 64
Application 2
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-08-08 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3212-4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-20 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3212-3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-31 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3212-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1044.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1043.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1034.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-28 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3212-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-10 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-16.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-03 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-693.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-18 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2016-733.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-1546.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-03 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-1547.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-03 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2016-1546.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-03 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0093.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-03 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1547.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-03 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1546.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-08-03 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2016-1547.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537208/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-309054...
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546....
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
MISC http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135080/libtiff-4.0.6-Heap-Overflow.html
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html

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