CVE-2016-3186

Published: Apr 19, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

6.2

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.5 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file.

Affected (2)

Products: Opensuse: Opensuse · Libtiff: Libtiff

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.2

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libtiff Libtiff	Version 4.0.6

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (14)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00064.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00075.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035442

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319503

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00064.html