CVE-2016-5652

Published: Jan 6, 2017Modified: May 6, 2026

7.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

An 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.

Affected (1)

Products: Libtiff: Libtiff

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libtiff Libtiff	Version 4.0.6

Related CWEs

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 (10)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93902

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187/

Source: cret@cert.org

ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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

Source: cret@cert.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93902

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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