CVE-2016-8331

Summary

CVECVE-2016-8331
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-10-28 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-19 20:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF version 4.0.6. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a type confusion vulnerability resulting in remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered via a TIFF file delivered to the application using LibTIFF's tag extension functionality.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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
libTIFF CVE-2016-8331 Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-16) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Cisco Talos - Talos 2016 0190 MISC www.talosintelligence.com Exploit, Technical Description, 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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