vulnerability

Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2016-5317)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 20, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025

Description

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in the PixarLogDecode() function in libtiff. A maliciously crafted TIFF file could cause the application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when generating a thumbnail for it.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest

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