CVE-2016-3186

libtiff: buffer overflow in gif2tiff

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · March 30, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow