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CVE-2016-8331

Published: 28 October 2016

An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF version 4.0.6. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a type confusion vulnerability resulting in remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered via a TIFF file delivered to the application using LibTIFF's tag extension functionality.

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	upstream removed the thumbnail utility in 4.0.7 solved by Red Hat's CVE-2016-3632 patch

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
tiff Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Released (4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6)
	upstream	Released (4.0.6-3)
	wily	Ignored (end of life)
	xenial	Released (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1)
	yakkety	Released (4.0.6-2ubuntu0.1)
	zesty	Not vulnerable (4.0.7-1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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