CVE-2016-8331

HIGH8.1

An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF version 4

Published Oct 28, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF version 4.0.6. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a type confusion vulnerability resulting in remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered via a TIFF file delivered to the application using LibTIFF's tag extension functionality.

References

WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93898 WEBhttp://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0190/ADVISORYhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16 ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8331

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

8.1

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedOct 28, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024