Security Advisory
CVE-2015-8668
9.8
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
January 8, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory