vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-6223): LibTIFF vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Jan 23, 2017 | Feb 28, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 23, 2017
Added
Feb 28, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
The TIFFReadRawStrip1 and TIFFReadRawTile1 functions in tif_read.c in libtiff before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via a negative index in a file-content buffer.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libtiff-toolsubuntu-upgrade-libtiff5
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