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CVE-2016-3620 (GCVE-0-2016-3620)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-10-03 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:03
VLAI
Summary
The ZIPEncode function in tif_zip.c in the bmp2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier, when the "-c zip" option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted BMP image.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035508 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2570 x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/07/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2016-04-07 00:00
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