CVE-2016-3658

HIGH 7.5CVE-2016-3658 · Published 03/10/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-3658 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting libtiff (libtiff).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.0%, higher than 90.5% 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 TIFFWriteDirectoryTagLongLong8Array function in tif_dirwrite.c in the tiffset tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via vectors involving the ma variable.

References

bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/12 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/93331
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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