CVE-2016-5318

Publication date 20 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Read the notes from the security team

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 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

same problem as CVE-2015-7554 we will not be fixing this issue in precise/esm

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
tiff	Upstream: 4d4fa0b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H