CVE-2016-3990

CWE-119 — Buffer OverflowCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write9 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.4%
top 36.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Libtiff LibtiffOracle VM Server
Timeline
PublishedSep 21
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the horizontalDifference8 function in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image to tiffcp.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDlibtiff/libtiff4.0.6
▶Debiantiff< 4.0.7-1+3
▶NVDoracle/vm_server3.3, 3.4+1

Patches

Patch: www.oracle.com ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-7r33-ggq9-wqpm: Heap-based buffer overflow in the horizontalDifference8 function in tif_pixarlog↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2016-3990: Heap-based buffer overflow in the horizontalDifference8 function in tif_pixarlog↗2016-09-21
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CVEList
CVE-2016-3990: Heap-based buffer overflow in the horizontalDifference8 function in tif_pixarlog↗2016-09-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
LibTIFF vulnerabilities↗2017-07-19
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Ubuntu
LibTIFF vulnerabilities↗2017-02-27
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Red Hat
libtiff: out-of-bounds write in horizontalDifference8()↗2016-04-12
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Debian
CVE-2016-3990: tiff - Heap-based buffer overflow in the horizontalDifference8 function in tif_pixarlog...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-3990 libtiff: out-of-bounds write in horizontalDifference8()↗2016-04-12
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CVE-2016-3990 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | Heap-based buffer overflow in the h | cvebase.io