CVE-2016-3625 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

tif_read.c in the tiff2bw tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TIFF image.

Published: 2016-10-03

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4651	tif_read.c in the tiff2bw tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TIFF image.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00636.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2566
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/5
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3625
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3625

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Libtiff Libtiff

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-10-03T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:03:34.326Z

Reserved: 2016-03-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3625

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-03T16:09:07.977

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-3625

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2016-04-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3625 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-125

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