# CVE-2016-10270: LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact v

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-03-24 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 8" and libtiff/tif_read.c:523:22.

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## References

- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97200
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/9a72a69e035ee70ff5c41541c8c61cd97990d018

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