Stack-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-5318

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11493

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-2016-5318

CWE-ID: CWE-121

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker can cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the _TIFFVGetField function due to stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted tiff file and cause the service to crash.

LibTIFF
Slackware Linux
Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot
libtiff

Install update from vendor's website.

Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot - update to dsyte2z-9.65
libtiff - update to 4.0.9

• https://github.com/genuinetools/reg/blob/master/README.md

• Multiple vulnerabilities in LibTIFF
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot
• Slackware Linux update for libtiff