What is CVE-2016-10371?

CVE-2016-10371 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-10.

How severe is CVE-2016-10371?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Libtiff

CVE-2016-10371

The TIFFWriteDirectoryTagCheckedRational function in tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted TIFF file.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Libtiff — versions 4.0.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10371?: CVE-2016-10371 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-10.
How severe is CVE-2016-10371?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.