CVE-2016-3621

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-3621

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2016-10-03T16:09:02

Last Modified Date
2017-09-03T01:29:06

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-125	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff::::::::	1	OR		4.0.6

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
8.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2565	Issue Tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/07/3	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035508

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3621
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3621

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:41:10				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:25:42	2016-10-03T16:09Z	2016-10-03T16:09:02	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 11:25:42		2017-09-03T01:29:06	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 11:25:42		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated