CVE-2016-10095 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file due to a stack-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-10095?
CVE-2016-10095 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Libtiff Libtiff, published on 1 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _TIFFVGetField function in tif_dir.c in LibTIFF 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, 4.0.6, 4.0.7 and 4.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TIFF file.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10095?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libtiff Libtiff.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10095?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-10095 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10095 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libtiff Libtiff
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10095, GHSA-r834-wg3m-jhqm.