CVE-2016-6223

NameCVE-2016-6223
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-610-1, DLA-693-1, DSA-3762-1
Debian Bugs842270

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
tiff (PTS)bookworm, bookworm (security)4.5.0-6+deb12u4fixed
trixie (security), trixie4.7.0-3+deb13u3fixed
forky, sid4.7.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
tiffsourcewheezy4.0.2-6+deb7u7DLA-693-1
tiffsourcejessie4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2DSA-3762-1
tiffsource(unstable)4.0.6-2842270
tiff3sourcewheezy3.9.6-11+deb7u1DLA-610-1
tiff3source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/3
Upstream patch: https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/0ba5d8814a17a64bdb8d9035f4c533f3f3f4b496
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