CVE-2016-5318
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _TIFFVGetField function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted tiff.
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _TIFFVGetField function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted tiff.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-01-20 15:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a201f34e74a93075f8f30a4b9215ab7ca6cfc2d2171f58be9b990bc1fa4c387a
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3606-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- www.securityfocus.com88604http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88604
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160427 3 bugs refer to buffer overflow in in libtiff 4.0.6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/27/6
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160606 3 bugs refer to buffer overflow in in libtiff 4.0.6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/1
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- lib32-libtiff Fixed in 4.0.7-1
- libtiff Fixed in 4.0.7-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.6-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.6-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.6-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- tiff Fixed in 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.