CVE-2016-3621 — Out-of-bounds Read in Libtiff

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read8 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian TiffLibtiff
Timeline
PublishedOct 3
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The LZWEncode function in tif_lzw.c in the bmp2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier, when the "-c lzw" option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted BMP image.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDlibtiff/libtiff4.0.6
▶debiandebian/tiff< tiff 4.0.6-3 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-h34f-8p6m-3w66: The LZWEncode function in tif_lzw↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-3621: The LZWEncode function in tif_lzw↗2016-10-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
libtiff: out of bounds read in the bmp2tiff tool↗2016-04-07
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Debian
CVE-2016-3621: tiff - The LZWEncode function in tif_lzw.c in the bmp2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and ea...↗2016
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-3619 CVE-2016-3620 CVE-2016-3621 CVE-2016-3622 libtiff: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-04-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-3619 CVE-2016-3620 CVE-2016-3621 CVE-2016-3622 mingw-libtiff: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-04-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-3621 libtiff: out of bounds read in the bmp2tiff tool↗2016-04-07
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