Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU40386

Buffer overflow in Debian Linux - CVE-2016-0740

Published: April 13, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU40386

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0740

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 manipulate data.

Buffer overflow in the ImagingLibTiffDecode function in libImaging/TiffDecode.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite memory via a crafted TIFF file.

Affected software

Debian Linux
Fedora
python-pillow

How to mitigate CVE-2016-0740

Install update from vendor's website.

python-pillow - addressed in versions 2.8.2-3.fc22, 2.8.2-4.fc22, 3.0.0-2.fc23

External References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3499
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/c3cb690fed5d4bf0c45576759de55d054916c165/CHANGES.rst
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/6dcbf5bd96b717c58d7b642949da8d323099928e
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52

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