CVE-2016-3990

Summary

CVECVE-2016-3990
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-21 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the horizontalDifference8 function in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image to tiffcp.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff All All All All
Operating System Oracle Vm Server 3.3 All All All
Operating System Oracle Vm Server 3.4 All All All
Operating System Oracle Vm Server 3.3 All All All
Operating System Oracle Vm Server 3.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3762-1 tiff DEBIAN www.debian.org
LibTIFF CVE-2016-3990 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-16) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:2275-1: moderate: Security update for tiff SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE-2016-3990 : out-of-bounds write in horizontalDifference8() in tiffcp tool MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug 2544 – [PATCH] CVE-2016-3990: out-of-bounds write in horizontalDifference8() in tiffcp tool CONFIRM bugzilla.maptools.org Issue Tracking
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Bug 1326246 – CVE-2016-3990 libtiff: out-of-bounds write in horizontalDifference8() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710479 Gentoo Linux libTIFF Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-16)
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