CVE-2016-3621

libtiff: out of bounds read in the bmp2tiff tool

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 7, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

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.

CVSS score applicability

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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-125 · Out-of-bounds Read