Vulnerability in tiff (ALPINE-CVE-2014-8127)

Summary

Vulnerability in tiff (ALPINE-CVE-2014-8127). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 4.0.7-r0 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as ALPINE-CVE-2014-8127 has been found in tiff.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade tiff to 4.0.7-r0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "tiff ALPINE-CVE-2014-8127" on the vendor's site.

ALPINE-CVE-2014-8127 (tiff)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Patched: 4.0.7-r0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in tiff.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of tiff.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 4.0.7-r0.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'tiff' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'tiff' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で tiff を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade tiff to 4.0.7-r0
```
ステージング環境で 4.0.7-r0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.2 tiff

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.7-r0"}]}]

Alpine:v3.3 tiff

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.7-r0"}]}]

Alpine:v3.4 tiff

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.7-r0"}]}]

References

advisory security.alpinelinux.org