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CVE-2016-5315

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The setByteArray function in tif_dir.c in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tiff image.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• libtiff: through 4.0.6

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91204
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346694
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91204
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346694
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16

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