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CVE-2016-10268
Published:March 24, 2017
Updated:May 17, 2026
tools/tiffcp.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow and heap-based buffer under-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 78490" and libtiff/tif_unix.c:115:23.
Related Resources (6)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97202
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10268
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3602-1/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-27
https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/5397a417e61258c69209904e652a1f409ec3b9df
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
CWE-191
EPSS
Base Score:
0.19