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CVE-2016-3991

Public on 2016-08-17
Modified on 2016-08-17
Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadImage function in the tiffcrop tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image with zero tiles.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 libtiff 2016-08-17 13:30 ALAS-2016-733

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H