CVE-2016-3991

HIGH

LibTIFF <4.0.6 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85996
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00039.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/3
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2543
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326249

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0044
EPSS Percentile 63.5%
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-119 CWE-787
Status published
Products (3)
libtiff/libtiff < 4.0.6
oracle/vm_server 3.3
oracle/vm_server 3.4
Published Sep 21, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026