CVE-2016-3625

Publication date 3 October 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

tif_read.c in the tiff2bw tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TIFF image.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tiff	17.10 artful	Ignored
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

upstream can't reproduce as of 2018-03-16 we will not be fixing this minor issue, marking as ignored

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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