Name: CVE-2016-5319: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-5319, CWE-119, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.00506

Heap-based buffer overflow in tif_packbits.c in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted bmp file.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Arch Linux	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux	Jul 11, 2025	Jan 20, 2017
Debian	—	Upgrade tiff	Mar 31, 2017	Nov 2, 2016
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade media-libs/tiff.	Oct 30, 2017	Jan 20, 2017
Oracle Solaris	—	Upgrade image/library/libtiff to version 4.0.8-0.175.3.27.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3	Dec 19, 2017	Jan 20, 2017
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Apr 27, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade libtiff3-x86Upgrade libtiff5-32bitUpgrade libtiff3-32bitUpgrade tiffUpgrade libtiff-develUpgrade libtiff3Upgrade libtiff5Upgrade libtiff-devel-32bit	Sep 12, 2018	Jan 20, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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