FKIE_CVE-2016-6223

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-23 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50
Severity
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
The TIFFReadRawStrip1 and TIFFReadRawTile1 functions in tif_read.c in libtiff before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via a negative index in a file-content buffer.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://libtiff.maptools.org/v4.0.7.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/3Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/4Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91741
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://libtiff.maptools.org/v4.0.7.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/3Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/4Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91741
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libtiff libtiff *
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