Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in libtiff.so Allows Denial of Service Attack via Crafted TIFF File

Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in libtiff.so Allows Denial of Service Attack via Crafted TIFF File

CVE-2016-5317 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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