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CVE-2016-5652

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-01-06T21:00:00
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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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

LibTiff

LibTiff

Affected Versions:

4.0.6

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-6mjw-r7c8-wvv4

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5652
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
WEB http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
WEB http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93902
WEB http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: April 20, 2025

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93902
Published: 2017-01-06T21:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-06T01:07:59.890Z
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