Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-7313 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Libtiff
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via a crafted tiff file.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
| NASL family | Gentoo Local Security Checks |
| NASL id | GENTOO_GLSA-201701-16.NASL |
| description | The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-16 (libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libTIFF. Please review the CVE identifier and bug reports referenced for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted image file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 96373 |
| published | 2017-01-10 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2017 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96373 |
| title | GLSA-201701-16 : libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities |