CVE-2016-3186 in LibTIFF

Summary

Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file.

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• Reservation: 03/15/2016
• Disclosure: 04/19/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-81557 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.0
• EPSS: 0.00766
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3186
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3186
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-3186/