CVE-2016-5318

Publication date 20 January 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _TIFFVGetField function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted tiff.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tiff	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

same problem as CVE-2015-7554 we will not be fixing this issue in precise/esm

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
tiff	Upstream: 4d4fa0b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H