FKIE_CVE-2016-5317

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-20 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:49
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Buffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in libtiff.so in the PixarLogDecode function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier, as used in GNOME nautilus, allows attackers to cause a denial of service attack (crash) via a crafted TIFF file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00087.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00060.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00090.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91208
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00087.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00060.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00090.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91208
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libtiff libtiff 4.0.6
opensuse opensuse 13.1
opensuse opensuse 13.2
opensuse_project leap 42.1
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