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CentOS: (CVE-2016-3991) (Multiple Advisories): libtiff

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CentOS: (CVE-2016-3991) (Multiple Advisories): libtiff

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/06/2016
Modified
05/05/2019

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadImage function in the tiffcrop tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image with zero tiles.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-libtiff
  • centos-upgrade-libtiff-devel
  • centos-upgrade-libtiff-static
  • centos-upgrade-libtiff-tools

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