High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-3991
CVE-2016-3991
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadImage function in the tiffcrop tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image with zero tiles.
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Affected products
6- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1
< 4.0.7-1.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.7-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.6-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.6-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.6-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.6-31.1
Patches
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References
11- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/85996nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00039.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1546.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1547.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16nvd
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