CVE-2015-8668: libtiff: OOB read in bmp2tiff

Severity: Critical

CVSS Score: 9.8

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.