Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 19, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-3186

Description

Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file.

Affected products

LibTIFF/Libtiff
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OpenSUSE/openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00064.htmlnvd
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00075.htmlnvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035442nvd
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053nvd
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/nvd

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