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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8127

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted TIFF image to the (1) checkInkNamesString function in tif_dir.c in the thumbnail tool, (2) compresscontig function in tiff2bw.c in the tiff2bw tool, (3) putcontig8bitCIELab function in tif_getimage.c in the tiff2rgba tool, LZWPreDecode function in tif_lzw.c in the (4) tiff2ps or (5) tiffdither tool, (6) NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in the tiffmedian tool, or (7) TIFFWriteDirectoryTagLongLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c in the tiffset tool.

Products
tiff
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.0.6-3
CVEs
CVE-2014-8127
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 21:50 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8127

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Jun 2017, 15:29 UTC

LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted TIFF image to the (1) checkInkNamesString function in tif_dir.c in the thumbnail tool, (2) compresscontig function in tiff2bw.c in the tiff2bw tool, (3) putcontig8bitCIELab function in tif_getimage.c in the tiff2rgba tool, LZWPreDecode function in tif_lzw.c in the (4) tiff2ps or (5) tiffdither tool, (6) NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in the tiffmedian tool, or (7) TIFFWriteDirectoryTagLongLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c in the tiffset tool.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8127

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.6-3

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.6-3

tiff

Fixed versions: 4.0.6-3

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8127",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8127",
    "summary": "LibTIFF 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted TIFF image to the (1) checkInkNamesString function in tif_dir.c in the thumbnail tool, (2) compresscontig function in tiff2bw.c in the tiff2bw tool, (3) putcontig8bitCIELab function in tif_getimage.c in the tiff2rgba tool, LZWPreDecode function in tif_lzw.c in the (4) tiff2ps or (5) tiffdither tool, (6) NeXTDecode function in tif_next.c in the tiffmedian tool, or (7) TIFFWriteDirectoryTagLongLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c in the tiffset tool.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8127",
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      {
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          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
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          "package": {
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          ],
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          },
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            "urgency": "unimportant"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T16:00:41.122142965Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2014-8127"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8127"
      ]
    },
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 414680,
  "published_at": "2017-06-26T15:29:00.237+00:00"
}