CVE-2016-3621
N/A
Published: October 3, 2016 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibTIFF
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2565Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/07/3Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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