CVE-2016-6223
critical
CVSS v3
9.1
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
9.1
Description
The TIFFReadRawStrip1 and TIFFReadRawTile1 functions in tif_read.c in libtiff before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via a negative index in a file-content buffer.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
94%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 4.0.7-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.0.6-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.0.6-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.0.6-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.0.6-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.0.6-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libtiff | libtiff | {"endIncluding":"4.0.6"} | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-27
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-26
- http://libtiff.maptools.org/v4.0.7.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91741
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6223.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6223
CWEs
CWE-189
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.