Skip to main content

Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Curated by Mondoo Research, enhanced with AI

Resources

Search Vulnerabilities
Trending CVEs
Browse Ecosystems
Terminology
Blog

Open Source

cnquery
cnspec

Star us on GitHub!

Company

Mondoo Platform
About
Contact

© 2026 Mondoo, Inc.

Privacy Policy Terms of Service Imprint

Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2016-5318 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-5318

CVE-2016-5318

MEDIUM6.5

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _TIFFVGetField function in libtiff 4

Published Jan 20, 2017

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _TIFFVGetField function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted tiff.

References

WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/27/6 WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/1 WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88604 ADVISORYhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16 ADVISORYhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5318

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

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJan 20, 2017

ModifiedAug 6, 2024