Out-of-Bounds Read in LibTIFF (CVE-2014-8127)
Summary
Vulnerability in LibTIFF (CVE-2014-8127). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
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: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2014-8127 has been found in LibTIFF.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "LibTIFF CVE-2014-8127" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2014-8127 (LibTIFF) — CWE-125 / CVSS v3 6.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
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.
Out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) exists in LibTIFF.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of LibTIFF.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'LibTIFF' . 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
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'LibTIFF' . | 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
LibTIFFを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-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。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2014-8127 tiff Fixed in: 4.0.7-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8127 tiff Fixed in: 4.0.6-3
References
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory conostix.com
- advisory openwall.com
- advisory securityfocus.com
- issue bugzilla.maptools.org
- issue bugzilla.maptools.org
- issue bugzilla.maptools.org
- issue bugzilla.maptools.org
- issue bugzilla.maptools.org
- issue bugzilla.maptools.org
- web rhn.redhat.com
- web rhn.redhat.com
- web debian.org
- web securitytracker.com
- web security.gentoo.org