7.8high
CVE-2016-10270
LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.3%
percentile 83%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 8" and libtiff/tif_read.c:523:22.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.28% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References
- blogs.gentoo.org /ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- debian.org /security/2017/dsa-3844 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/97200 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- github.com /vadz/libtiff/commit/9a72a69e035ee70ff5c41541c8c61cd97990d018 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-10270
- NVD: CVE-2016-10270
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