CVE-2016-3991
LibTIFF Tiffcrop Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 21, 2016, 6:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 30, 2018, 4:27 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libtiff_project:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.6 OR *cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.0.6 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 04, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 05, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00039.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 22, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:libtiff_project:libtiff:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85996 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85996 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326249 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326249 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2543 No Types Assigned http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2543 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/3 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Third Party Advisory, Patch Added CWE CWE-787 Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 22, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.69 }} 0.02%
score
0.80400
percentile