CVE-2016-5322 — Out-of-bounds Read in Tiff

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-451 — User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information13 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 60.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Debian TiffLibtiffDebian Linux+4 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 11
Latest updateDec 9

Description

The setByteArray function in tif_dir.c in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tiff image.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDlibtiff/libtiff4.0.6
▶debiandebian/tiff< tiff 4.0.7-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hwf6-phvm-pgv8: The setByteArray function in tif_dir↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-5322: The setByteArray function in tif_dir↗2017-04-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Microsoft
Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing Vulnerability↗2025-12-09
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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 read in extractContigSamplesBytes() function↗2016-06-15
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Debian
CVE-2016-5322: tiff - The setByteArray function in tif_dir.c in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remot...↗2016
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💬Community

5
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5322 libtiff: Out-of-bounds read in extractContigSamplesBytes() function↗2016-06-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5314 CVE-2016-5315 CVE-2016-5316 CVE-2016-5317 CVE-2016-5320 CVE-2016-5321 CVE-2016-5322 CVE-2016-5323 libtiff: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-06-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5314 CVE-2016-5315 CVE-2016-5316 CVE-2016-5317 CVE-2016-5320 CVE-2016-5321 CVE-2016-5322 CVE-2016-5323 mingw-libtiff: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-06-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5314 CVE-2016-5315 CVE-2016-5316 CVE-2016-5317 CVE-2016-5320 CVE-2016-5321 CVE-2016-5322 CVE-2016-5323 mingw-libtiff: various flaws [epel-7]↗2016-06-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5322 jenkins: Local file inclusion vulnerability (SECURITY-195)↗2015-11-16
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