CVE-2016-10269
Description
LibTIFF 4.0.0alpha4, 4.0.0alpha5, 4.0.0alpha6, 4.0.0beta7, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4beta, 4.0.5, 4.0.6 and 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 512" and libtiff/tif_unix.c:340:2.
Predictions
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-2016-10269.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97201
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/
- https://github.com/Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2016-10269
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/1044b43637fa7f70fb19b93593777b78bd20da86
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10269
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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