High severity · published Jan 6, 2017
CVE-2016-5652
An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF's TIFF2PDF tool
7.0
CVSS
4.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF's TIFF2PDF tool. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. Vulnerability can be triggered via a saved TIFF file delivered by other means.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.1% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libtiff · Libtiff
4.0.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5652
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5652
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93902
Exploit
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187/
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
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