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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-0740

CVE-2016-0740

MEDIUM6.5

Buffer overflow in the ImagingLibTiffDecode function in libImaging/TiffDecode

Published Apr 13, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Buffer overflow in the ImagingLibTiffDecode function in libImaging/TiffDecode.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite memory via a crafted TIFF file.

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3499

https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/c3cb690fed5d4bf0c45576759de55d054916c165/CHANGES.rst

https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/6dcbf5bd96b717c58d7b642949da8d323099928e

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0740

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

6.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

NoneA:N

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedApr 13, 2016

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2016-0740 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence