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CVE-2016-5652

Public on 2017-01-06
Modified on 2017-03-06
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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 compat-libtiff3 2017-03-06 14:00 ALAS-2017-802
Amazon Linux 1 libtiff 2017-03-06 14:00 ALAS-2017-802

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H