CVE-2016-3991 in LibTIFF

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 04/08/2016
• Disclosure: 09/21/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-91814 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-787 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.8
• EPSS: 0.00444
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3991
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3991
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-3991/