CVE-2016-5652
N/A
Published: January 6, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibTIFF
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF's TIFF2PDF tool. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. Vulnerability can be triggered via a saved TIFF file delivered by other means.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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