CVE-2016-5652

high

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93902

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

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

Severity: High