CVE-2016-10092

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3212-1

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Heap-based buffer overflow in the readContigStripsIntoBuffer function in tif_unix.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7, 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.0.0alpha4, 4.0.0alpha5, 4.0.0alpha6, 4.0.0beta7, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4beta, 4.0.5 and 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image.

Desbordamiento de búfer basado en Heap en la función readContigStripsIntoBuffer en tif_unix.c en LibTIFF versiones 4.0.7, 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.0.0alpha4, 4.0.0alpha5, 4. 0.0alpha6, 4.0.0beta7, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4beta, 4.0.5 y 4.0.6 permite a los atacantes remotos tener un impacto no especificado a través de una imagen elaborada

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-01-01 CVE Reserved
2017-02-27 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-05-09 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/01/10	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/01/12	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95218	Vdb Entry
https://github.com/Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2016-10092	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2620	2024-08-06
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2622	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow	2021-03-05
https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/9657bbe3cdce4aaa90e07d50c1c70ae52da0ba6a	2021-03-05

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762	2021-03-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"		Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"				4.0.7 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "4.0.7"		-		Affected