CVE-2016-5314 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5314?

CVE-2016-5314 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 12 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by overwriting the vgetparent function pointer with rgb2ycbcr.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5314?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Libtiff Libtiff, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5314?

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-2016-5314 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5314 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-5314, CVE-2016-5320, CVE-2016-5875, CVE-2016-8338, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5314, GHSA-4f32-wf2p-rq64 and 1 more.