Out-of-bounds read in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-3620
Published: February 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103972
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3620
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in The ZIPEncode function in tif_zip.c in the bmp2tiff tool in LibTIFF, when the "-c zip" option is used. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (buffer over-read) by sending a crafted BMP image.
Affected software
LibTIFF
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3620
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
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot - update to dsyte2z-9.65