Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-5319

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Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-5319

Published: February 14, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU103969
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5319
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists in tif_packbits.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted bmp file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service attack.


Affected software

LibTIFF
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot

How to mitigate CVE-2016-5319

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

LibTIFF - update to 4.0.7
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot - update to dsyte2z-9.65

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