# CVE-2015-8870: Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-re

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-12-06 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Integer overflow in tools/bmp2tiff.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read), or possibly obtain sensitive information from process memory, via crafted width and length values in RLE4 or RLE8 data in a BMP file.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94717
- http://download.osgeo.org/libtiff/tiff-4.0.4.tar.gz
- http://www.floyd.ch/?p=874BMP
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html

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