Denial of service in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-10371
Published: May 25, 2017 / Updated: June 25, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6717
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10371
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 cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to invalid read error in the _TIFFVGetField() function in 'tif_dir.c'. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted TIFF file that, when processed by the target application using LibTIFF, will trigger out-of bounds read and cause the target application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to invalid read error in the _TIFFVGetField() function in 'tif_dir.c'. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted TIFF file that, when processed by the target application using LibTIFF, will trigger out-of bounds read and cause the target application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10371
Install update from vendor's website.