CVE-2016-10267 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash applications using LibTIFF by submitting crafted TIFF images that trigger a divide-by-zero error.
- 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-2016-10267?
CVE-2016-10267 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libtiff Libtiff, published on 24 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
LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image, related to libtiff/tif_ojpeg.c:816:8.
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10267?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libtiff Libtiff.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10267?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-10267 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10267 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libtiff Libtiff
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10267, GHSA-x7j7-3pw5-7mx4, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10267.