CVE-2016-3990 (GCVE-0-2016-3990)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-21 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2544 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326246 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2016-04-12 00:00
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