CVE-2016-5314

Summary

CVECVE-2016-5314
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-12 02:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-04-05 16:56:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by overwriting the vgetparent function pointer with rgb2ycbcr.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libTIFF CVE-2016-5320 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - CVE-2016-5320: libtiff 4.0.6 rgb2ycbcr: command excution MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List
openSUSE-SU-2016:2375-1: moderate: tiff SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-16) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
* libtiff/tif_pixarlog.c: fix potential buffer write overrun in · vadz/libtiff@391e77f · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
LibTIFF 'PixarLogDecode()' Function Out of Bounds Read Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 2554 – CVE-2016-5314: libtiff 4.0.6 PixarLogDecode() out-of-bound writes CONFIRM bugzilla.maptools.org Exploit, Issue Tracking
oss-security - CVE-2016-5314:libtiff 4.0.6 PixarLogDecode() out-of-bound writes MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3762-1 tiff DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:3035-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:2321-1: moderate: Security update for tiff SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE request: Heap-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF when using the PixarLog compression format MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List
1346687 – (CVE-2016-5320) CVE-2016-5320 libtiff: Out-of-bounds write in PixarLogDecode() function in tif_pixarlog.c CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:1889-1: moderate: Security update for tiff SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
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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