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CVE-2016-6223

libtiff: Out-of-bounds read on memory-mapped files in TIFFReadRawStrip1() and TIFFReadRawTile1()

Published Modified CWE 189
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Red Hat6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (low).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11tiff4.0.6-2
debian 12tiff4.0.6-2
debian 13tiff4.0.6-2
debian 14tiff4.0.6-2
debian 7tiff, tiff34.0.2-6+deb7u7 and 1 more
debian 8tiff4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2
echotiff4.0.6-2
Red Hatlibtiff, libtiff-devel, libtiff-static and 1 moreno fix listed
root.io debian 11rootio-tiff4.0.6-2
root.io debian 12rootio-tiff4.0.6-2
root.io debian 13rootio-tiff4.0.6-2
ubuntu 14.04tiff4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
Show all 19 entries from 15 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11tiff4.0.6-2
debian 12tiff4.0.6-2
debian 13tiff4.0.6-2
debian 14tiff4.0.6-2
debian 7tiff4.0.2-6+deb7u7
debian 7tiff33.9.6-11+deb7u1
debian 8tiff4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2
echotiff4.0.6-2
Red Hatlibtiffno fix listed
Red Hatlibtiff-develno fix listed
Red Hatlibtiff-staticno fix listed
Red Hatlibtiff-toolsno fix listed
root.io debian 11rootio-tiff4.0.6-2
root.io debian 12rootio-tiff4.0.6-2
root.io debian 13rootio-tiff4.0.6-2
ubuntu 14.04tiff4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
ubuntu 14.04-ESMtiff4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
ubuntu 16.04tiff4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMtiff4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1

References

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