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CVE-2016-5102

Published: 6 February 2017

Buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in gif2tiff.c in the gif2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted gif file.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
upstream removed the gif2tiff utility in 4.0.7
we will not be fixing this issue in precise/esm

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
tiff
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Not vulnerable
(4.0.7-1)
artful Not vulnerable
(4.0.7-1)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9)
upstream
Released (4.0.6-3)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial
Released (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H