CVE-2016-3631 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via out-of-bounds read in LibTIFF thumbnail functions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-3631?
CVE-2016-3631 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libtiff Libtiff, published on 3 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The (1) cpStrips and (2) cpTiles functions in the thumbnail tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via vectors related to the bytecounts[] array variable.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3631?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libtiff Libtiff.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3631?
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-2016-3631 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3631 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libtiff Libtiff
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3631, GHSA-g9p3-cr7p-7f92, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3631.