Description
Buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in gif2tiff.c in the gif2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted gif file.
Published: 2017-02-06
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-693-1 tiff security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6053 Buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in gif2tiff.c in the gif2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted gif file.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3606-1 LibTIFF vulnerabilities
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00604}

epss

{'score': 0.00383}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.284Z

Reserved: 2016-05-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5102

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-06T17:59:00.140

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5102

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5102 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses