CVE-2016-3186

Public on 2016-04-19
Modified on 2019-10-23
Description
Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 libtiff 2019-10-08 ALAS-2019-1306 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core libtiff 2019-10-21 ALAS2-2019-1327 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2016-3186 Mitre: CVE-2016-3186