CVE-2016-3619

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2016-3619 · Published 03/10/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-3619 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting libtiff (libtiff).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libtiff libtiff	`= 4.0.6`	No fix yet

Description

The DumpModeEncode function in tif_dumpmode.c in the bmp2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier, when the "-c none" option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted BMP image.

References

bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/07/1 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/85919
securitytracker.com/id/1035508
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

libtiff

= 4.0.6

No fix yet

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