CVE-2016-10268
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
tools/tiffcp.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow and heap-based buffer under-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 78490" and libtiff/tif_unix.c:115:23.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.0.7-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.0.7-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.0.7-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.0.7-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.0.7-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libtiff | libtiff | 4.0.7 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10268.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97202
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/5397a417e61258c69209904e652a1f409ec3b9df
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10268
CWEs
CWE-191
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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