Out-of-bounds read in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-6223
Published: December 10, 2018 / Updated: December 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16443
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6223
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LibTIFF
Affected software:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read condition by the TIFFReadRawStrip1 and TIFFReadRawTile1 functions, as defined in the tif_read.c source code file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening or executing a file that submits malicious input and cause a DoS condition or possibly access sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6223
Update to version 4.0.7.