CVE-2016-10269 Memory corruption in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via crafted TIFF images due to a heap-based buffer over-read 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-2016-10269?

CVE-2016-10269 is a high-severity memory corruption 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 4.0.0alpha4, 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 and 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 512" and libtiff/tif_unix.c:340:2.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10269?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Libtiff Libtiff.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10269?

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-2016-10269 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Libtiff Libtiff vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10269, GHSA-2rwx-xp6r-mhqf, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10269.

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