VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-5652
An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF's TIFF2PDF tool.
HIGH 7.0EPSS 4.30%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF's TIFF2PDF tool. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. Vulnerability can be triggered via a saved TIFF file delivered by other means.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.30% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- libtiff/libtiff
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93902
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93902
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.