vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2016-5319)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 20, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
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
Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in tif_packbits.c in PackBitsEncode function. Memory corruption can be triggered when bmp2tiff is handling maliciously crafted bmp file causing application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2016-5319
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-5319
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/27/6
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/1
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88604
- URL-http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/v4.0.7.html
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-26
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-27
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- CWE-119
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