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CVE-2016-3991

high

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadImage function in the tiffcrop tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image with zero tiles.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85996

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/3

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326249

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00039.html

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2543

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-09-21

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0036