CVE-2016-10268

HIGH

libtiff - Integer Underflow and Heap-Based Buffer Under-Read via Crafted TIFF Image

Title source: llm

Description

tools/tiffcp.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow and heap-based buffer under-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 78490" and libtiff/tif_unix.c:115:23.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/5397a417e61258c69209904e652a1f409ec3b9df

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97202

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0019

EPSS Percentile 41.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-191

Status published

Products (1)

libtiff/libtiff 4.0.7

Published Mar 24, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026