CVE-2016-10270

7.8 HIGH

Published: March 24, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 8" and libtiff/tif_read.c:523:22.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97200

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/9a72a69e035ee70ff5c41541c8c61cd97990d018

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97200

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/9a72a69e035ee70ff5c41541c8c61cd97990d018

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

2.4%

82th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

Affected Vendors

libtiff

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