CVE-2016-5652

HIGH

LibTIFF - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in TIFF2PDF Tool

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF's TIFF2PDF tool. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. Vulnerability can be triggered via a saved TIFF file delivered by other means.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93902

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0640
EPSS Percentile 91.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
libtiff/libtiff 4.0.6
LibTiff/LibTiff 4.0.6
Published Jan 06, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026