CVE-2016-6223

critical

Description

The TIFFReadRawStrip1 and TIFFReadRawTile1 functions in tif_read.c in libtiff before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via a negative index in a file-content buffer.

References

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91741

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/3

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762

http://libtiff.maptools.org/v4.0.7.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-23

Updated: 2017-11-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical