CVE-2016-10371 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file due to an assertion failure 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-2016-10371?
CVE-2016-10371 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libtiff Libtiff, published on 10 May 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
The TIFFWriteDirectoryTagCheckedRational function in tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted TIFF file.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10371?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libtiff Libtiff.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10371?
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-2016-10371 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10371 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libtiff Libtiff
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10371, GHSA-vpfx-5xjm-5r77, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10371.