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CVE-2016-10271

tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and buffer overflow) or…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.2%
percentile 83%
Public exploits
0
none known

tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 1" and libtiff/tif_fax3.c:413:13.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.21% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • blogs.gentoo.org /ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/97199 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • github.com /vadz/libtiff/commit/9657bbe3cdce4aaa90e07d50c1c70ae52da0ba6a · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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