CVE-2016-3621
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.68%
Description
The LZWEncode function in tif_lzw.c in the bmp2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier, when the "-c lzw" option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted BMP image.
How to fix CVE-2016-3621
To remediate CVE-2016-3621, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.7-r0 or later
- Debian/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.6-3 or later
Is CVE-2016-3621 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.0.7-r0
- from 0, < 4.0.6-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |