CVE-2016-5652
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5652
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5652.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5652
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-01-06T21:59:01.680Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-24T11:13:31.010729Z
- Severity
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- 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF's TIFF2PDF tool. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. Vulnerability can be triggered via a saved TIFF file delivered by other means.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93902
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187/
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187/
Affected packages
Git / gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected