CVE-2016-3990
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.44%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the horizontalDifference8 function in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image to tiffcp.
How to fix CVE-2016-3990
To remediate CVE-2016-3990, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.7-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-3990 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.0.7-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |