CVE-2016-6223

Publication date 23 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

The TIFFReadRawStrip1 and TIFFReadRawTile1 functions in tif_read.c in libtiff before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via a negative index in a file-content buffer.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

this will not be fixed in precise/esm

Patch details

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Package Patch details
tiff

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.1 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3212-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 27 February 2017

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