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title: "CVE-2016-5314\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-5314

Publication date 15 June 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5314?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Buffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in tif\_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF
4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted
TIFF image, as demonstrated by overwriting the vgetparent function pointer
with rgb2ycbcr.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5314?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tiff | 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5314?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

this will not be fixed in precise/esm

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| tiff | * Vendor:   <https://git.centos.org/blob/rpms!libtiff.git/1ad9335dc0c1325262c62842eda01476243ec821/SOURCES!libtiff-CVE-2016-5320.patch> * Upstream:   [391e77f](https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/391e77fcd217e78b2c51342ac3ddb7100ecacdd2) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5314)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5314)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-5314)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5314)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3212-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3212-1)
+ LibTIFF vulnerabilities
+ 27 February 2017

### Other references

* <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/543>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5314>