CVE-2016-3990 (GCVE-0-2016-3990)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-21 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:10
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Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the horizontalDifference8 function in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image to tiffcp.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2290 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2016-04-12 00:00
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