Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting compat-libtiff3 package, versions *
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed25 Oct 2016
Introduced: 25 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-8331 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 compat-libtiff3.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream compat-libtiff3 package and not the compat-libtiff3 package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.