CVE-2016-5652

Summary

CVECVE-2016-5652
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-06 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-05 02:31:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.6 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.6 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3762-1 tiff DEBIAN www.debian.org
libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-16) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
LibTIFF CVE-2016-5652 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Cisco Talos - Talos 2016 0187 MISC www.talosintelligence.com Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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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