CVE-2016-3658

HIGH

LibTIFF <4.0.6 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The TIFFWriteDirectoryTagLongLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c in the tiffset tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via vectors involving the ma variable.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2546
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/12
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93331

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0095
EPSS Percentile 76.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (1)
libtiff/libtiff < 4.0.6
Published Oct 03, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026