CVE-2016-5652 (GCVE-0-2016-5652)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:07
VLAI
Summary
An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF's TIFF2PDF tool. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. Vulnerability can be triggered via a saved TIFF file delivered by other means.
Severity
7.0 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • heap buffer overflow
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-20… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93902 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
LibTiff LibTiff Affected: 4.0.6
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Date Public
2016-10-25 00:00
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