High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-8331
CVE-2016-8331
Description
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.
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Affected products
9- osv-coords7 versionspkg: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%20SP3pkg: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%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 4.0.9-44.15.2+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.15.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.8.2-141.169.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.15.2
Patches
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References
3- www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0190/nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93898nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16nvd
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