High severity · published Mar 24, 2017
CVE-2016-10270
LibTIFF 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…
7.8
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
LibTIFF 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 8" and libtiff/tif_read.c:523:22.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libtiff · Libtiff
4.0.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10270
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10270
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97200
Patch
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/9a72a69e035ee70ff5c41541c8c61cd97990d018
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