Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5318
CVE-2016-5318
Description
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.
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Affected products
14- osv-coords13 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 4.3.0-1.3+ 12 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.3.0-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.7.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/27/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/88604nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/nvd
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