Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-5321
Published: January 20, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32178
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-2016-5321
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The DumpModeDecode function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via a crafted tiff image.
Affected software
LibTIFF
Amazon Linux AMI
Slackware Linux
tiff (Alpine package)
libtiff
Amazon Linux AMI
Slackware Linux
tiff (Alpine package)
libtiff
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5321
Install update from vendor's website.
tiff (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.7-r0
libtiff - update to 4.0.3-35.48
libtiff - update to 4.0.7
libtiff - update to 4.0.3-35.48
libtiff - update to 4.0.7