Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.6-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.68% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-TIFF-406116
  • published20 Jan 2017
  • disclosed20 Jan 2017

Introduced: 20 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-5316  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable tiff to version 4.0.6-2 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Out-of-bounds read in the PixarLogCleanup function in tif_pixarlog.c in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash the application by sending a crafted TIFF image to the rgb2ycbcr tool.

CVSS Scores

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