PublicDateAtUSN: 2016-09-21
Candidate: CVE-2016-3991
PublicDate: 2016-09-21 18:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3991
 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/3
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3212-1
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3212-3
Description:
 Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadImage function in the tiffcrop tool
 in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
 service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF
 image with zero tiles.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 tyhicks> Rating issue as low priority since it is in a utility rather
  than the library
Bugs:
 http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2543
Priority: low
Discovered-by: Kaixiang Zhang
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [7.8 HIGH]

Patches_tiff:
 vendor: https://git.centos.org/blob/rpms!libtiff.git/1ad9335dc0c1325262c62842eda01476243ec821/SOURCES!libtiff-CVE-2016-3991.patch
 upstream: https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/e596d4e27c5afb7960dc360fdd3afd90ba0fb8ba
 upstream: https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/3178ec4ca39abb4aa29f22529209948c16e8875b (C99)
upstream_tiff: released (4.0.7)
precise_tiff: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_tiff: released (3.9.5-2ubuntu1.10)
trusty_tiff: released (4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6)
trusty/esm_tiff: released (4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_tiff: ignored (reached end-of-life)
vivid/ubuntu-core_tiff: DNE
wily_tiff: ignored (reached end-of-life)
xenial_tiff: released (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1)
esm-infra/xenial_tiff: released (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1)
yakkety_tiff: released (4.0.6-2ubuntu0.1)
zesty_tiff: not-affected (4.0.7-1)
devel_tiff: not-affected (4.0.7-1)