CVE-2016-5652

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-5652
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-06 21:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.064010000 probability, percentile 0.911060000 (date 2026-05-11)

Problem Types: CWE-119 | heap buffer overflow

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA LibTiff LibTiff affected 4.0.6 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3762-1 tiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Cisco Talos - Talos 2016 0187 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.talosintelligence.com Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
LibTIFF CVE-2016-5652 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-16) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378144 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for libtiff-static (VZLSA-2017:0225)
  • 710479 Gentoo Linux libTIFF Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-16)
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