CVE-2016-3186

6.2 MEDIUM

Published: April 19, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00064.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00075.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035442

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319503

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00064.html