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CVE-2016-5318

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _TIFFVGetField function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to crash the application via a crafted tiff.

Affected products

• libtiff: through 4.0.6

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/27/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88604
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/27/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88604
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/

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