High severity · published Mar 12, 2018
CVE-2016-5314
Buffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly…
8.8
CVSS
4.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by overwriting the vgetparent function pointer with rgb2ycbcr.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.4% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
LI
Libtiff · Libtiff
through 4.0.6 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.1; 13.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5314
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5314
Exploit
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2554
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00017.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00087.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00060.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00090.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/1
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