CVE-2016-10371

Publication date 10 May 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The TIFFWriteDirectoryTagCheckedRational function in tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted TIFF file.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tiff	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8

Notes

mdeslaur

this will not be fixed in precise/esm

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
tiff	Upstream: 0abd094

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H