CVE-2016-5317
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.52%
Description
Buffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in libtiff.so in the PixarLogDecode function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier, as used in GNOME nautilus, allows attackers to cause a denial of service attack (crash) via a crafted TIFF file.
How to fix CVE-2016-5317
To remediate CVE-2016-5317, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.7-r0 or later
- Debian/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.6-2 or later
Is CVE-2016-5317 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.0.7-r0
- from 0, < 4.0.6-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |