CVE-2016-8331 Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-TIFF-405242
- published 28 Oct 2016
- disclosed 28 Oct 2016
Introduced: 28 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-8331 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 tiff to version 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF version 4.0.6. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a type confusion vulnerability resulting in remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered via a TIFF file delivered to the application using LibTIFF's tag extension functionality.