Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-5314
Published: March 14, 2018 / Updated: March 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11072
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5314
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the PixarLogDecode function due to boundary error. A remote attacker submit a specially crafted TIFF image, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the PixarLogDecode function due to boundary error. A remote attacker submit a specially crafted TIFF image, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
LibTIFF
tiff (Alpine package)
tiff (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5314
Update to version 4.0.9.
tiff (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.7-r0