CVE-2016-3186 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted GIF file due to a buffer overflow in LibTIFF.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-3186?
CVE-2016-3186 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Libtiff Libtiff, published on 19 Apr 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3186?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Libtiff Libtiff, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3186?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-3186 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3186 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libtiff Libtiff
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-3186, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3186, GHSA-3x5j-gmvm-pgmx, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3186.