FKIE_CVE-2016-3991

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-09-21 18:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:46
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadImage function in the tiffcrop tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image with zero tiles.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2543Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00039.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85996Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326249Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2543Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00039.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85996Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326249Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
oracle vm_server 3.3
oracle vm_server 3.4
libtiff libtiff *
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