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CVE-2016-3186 json

Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (applicat…

published 2016-04-19 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-4227

cvss
6.2
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0.6-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3186

  • tiff Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.9
  • tiff Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3186

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libtiff RHEL 7 4.0.3-32.el7
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 7 4.0.3-32.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2053

  • tiff SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 3.8.2-141.168.1
  • tiff SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 4.0.6-26.3

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2527-1SUSE-SU-2016:2271-1

  • tiff openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.0.7-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10554-1

  • tiff Alpine 3.4, Alpine 3.3, Alpine 3.2 4.0.7-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-3186

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libtiff Arch Linux 4.0.7-1
  • lib32-libtiff Arch Linux 4.0.7-1

arch linux advisories AVG-85AVG-86

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-3186 updated cvss 4.3

libtiff: buffer overflow in gif2tiff

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 compat-libtiff3
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libtiff 4.0.3-32.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libtiff-tools 4.0.3-32.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libtiff 4.0.3-32.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libtiff-tools 4.0.3-32.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libtiff 4.0.3-32.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libtiff-tools 4.0.3-32.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libtiff 4.0.3-32.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libtiff-tools 4.0.3-32.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2053

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Exploit prediction

2.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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