CVE-2016-5319

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Published 2017-01-20 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in tif_packbits.c in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted bmp file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5319

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5319.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-26

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-27

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
arch archfixed4.0.7-1
debian debianbookwormfixed4.0.6-3
debian debianbullseyefixed4.0.6-3
debian debianforkyfixed4.0.6-3
debian debiansidfixed4.0.6-3
debian debiantrixiefixed4.0.6-3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libtifflibtiff{"endIncluding":"4.0.6"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.