CVE-2016-10270
LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read)...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-10270- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-10270- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1455 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1455- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hf89-jrf4-cp7r
7.8
LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read)...
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.
- Record
GHSA-hf89-jrf4-cp7r- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-10270- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-10270
7.8
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10270- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2017-0199 No score
Updated libtiff packages fix security vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in the readContigStripsIntoBuffer function in tif_unix.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image. (CVE-2016-10092)
Integer overflow in tools/tiffcp.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2016-10093)
Off-by-one error in the t2p_readwrite_pdf_image_tile function in tools/tiff2pdf.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image. (CVE-2016-10094)
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _TIFFVGetField function in tif_dir.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TIFF file. (CVE-2016-10095)
LibTIFF version 4.0.7 is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow in the tools/tiffcp resulting in DoS or code execution via a crafted BitsPerSample value. (CVE-2017-5225)
LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image, related to libtiff/tif_read.c:351:22. (CVE-2016-10266)
LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image, related to libtiff/tif_ojpeg.c:816:8. (CVE-2016-10267)
tools/tiffcp.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow and heap-based buffer under-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 78490" and libtiff/tif_unix.c:115:23. (CVE-2016-10268)
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 512" and libtiff/tif_unix.c:340:2. (CVE-2016-10269)
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. (CVE-2016-10270)
tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 1" and libtiff/tif_fax3.c:413:13. (CVE-2016-10271)
LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "WRITE of size 2048" and libtiff/tif_next.c:64:9. (CVE-2016-10272)
The putagreytile function in tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 has a left-shift undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image. (CVE-2017-7592)
tif_read.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 does not ensure that tif_rawdata is properly initialized, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted image. (CVE-2017-7593)
The OJPEGReadHeaderInfoSecTablesDcTable function in tif_ojpeg.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted image. (CVE-2017-7594)
The JPEGSetupEncode function in tiff_jpeg.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted image. (CVE-2017-7595)
LibTIFF 4.0.7 has an "outside the range of representable values of type float" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image. (CVE-2017-7596)
tif_dirread.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 has an "outside the range of representable values of type float" undefined behavior issue, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a…
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MGASA-2017-0199- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1 No score
libtiff-devel-32bit-4.3.0-1.3 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the libtiff-devel-32bit-4.3.0-1.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
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openSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:1044-1 No score
Security update for tiff
This update for tiff fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2016-10272: LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to 'WRITE of size 2048' and libtiff/tif_next.c:64:9 (bsc#1031247).
- CVE-2016-10271: tools/tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to 'READ of size 1' and libtiff/tif_fax3.c:413:13 (bsc#1031249).
- 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 via a crafted TIFF image, related to 'READ of size 8' and libtiff/tif_read.c:523:22 (bsc#1031250).
- CVE-2016-10269: 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 512' and libtiff/tif_unix.c:340:2 (bsc#1031254).
- CVE-2016-10268: tools/tiffcp.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow and heap-based buffer under-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to 'READ of size 78490' and libtiff/tif_unix.c:115:23 (bsc#1031255).
- CVE-2016-10267: LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image, related to libtiff/tif_ojpeg.c:816:8 (bsc#1031262).
- CVE-2016-10266: LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image, related to libtiff/tif_read.c:351:22. (bsc#1031263).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2017:1044-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1472-1 No score
Security update for tiff
This update for tiff fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2016-5315: The setByteArray function in tif_dir.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tiff image. (bsc#984809)
- CVE-2016-10267: LibTIFF allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted TIFF image, related to libtiff/tif_ojpeg.c:816:8. (bsc#1017694)
- CVE-2016-10269: LibTIFF allowed 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 512' and libtiff/tif_unix.c:340:2. (bsc#1031254)
- CVE-2016-10270: LibTIFF allowed 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. (bsc#1031250)
- CVE-2017-18013: In LibTIFF, there was a Null-Pointer Dereference in the tif_print.c TIFFPrintDirectory function, as demonstrated by a tiffinfo crash. (bsc#1074317)
- CVE-2017-7593: tif_read.c did not ensure that tif_rawdata is properly initialized, which might have allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted image. (bsc#1033129)
- CVE-2017-7595: The JPEGSetupEncode function in tiff_jpeg.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted image. (bsc#1033127)
- CVE-2017-7596: LibTIFF had an 'outside the range of representable values of type float' undefined behavior issue, which might have allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image. (bsc#1033126)
- CVE-2017-7597: tif_dirread.c had an 'outside the range of representable values of type float' undefined behavior issue, which might have allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image. (bsc#1033120)
- CVE-2017-7599: LibTIFF had an 'outside the range of representable values of type short' undefined behavior issue, which might have allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image. (bsc#1033113)
- CVE-2017-7600: LibTIFF had an 'outside the range of representable values of type unsigned char' undefined behavior issue, which might have allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image. (bsc#1033112)
- CVE-2017-7601: LibTIFF had a 'shift exponent too large for 64-bit type long' undefined behavior issue, which might have allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image. (bsc#1033111)
- CVE-2017-7602: LibTIFF had a signed integer overflow, which might have allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image. (bsc#1033109)
- Multiple divide by zero issues
- CVE-2016-5314: Buffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in tif_pixarlog.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, as demonstrated by overwriting the vgetparent function pointer with rgb2ycbcr. (bsc#987351 bsc#984808 bsc#984831)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1472-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
tiffDebian:12 |
before 4.0.7-2 | 4.0.7-2 |
tiffDebian:13 |
before 4.0.7-2 | 4.0.7-2 |
tiffDebian:14 |
before 4.0.7-2 | 4.0.7-2 |
tiffDebian:8 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs |
before 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u3, plus listed versions 4.0.3-12.34.0.3-12.3+deb8u14.0.3-12.3+deb8u2 |
4.0.3-12.3+deb8u3 |
libtiffMageia:5 From an advisory covering 26 CVEs |
before 4.0.8-1.mga5 | 4.0.8-1.mga5 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 4.0.7-43.1 | 4.0.7-43.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 4.0.7-43.1 | 4.0.7-43.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 4.0.7-43.1 | 4.0.7-43.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 4.0.7-43.1 | 4.0.7-43.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 4.0.7-43.1 | 4.0.7-43.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 4.0.7-43.1 | 4.0.7-43.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 4.0.7-43.1 | 4.0.7-43.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 4.0.7-43.1 | 4.0.7-43.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 4.0.7-43.1 | 4.0.7-43.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 3.8.2-141.169.6.1 | 3.8.2-141.169.6.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 3.8.2-141.169.6.1 | 3.8.2-141.169.6.1 |
tiffSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 3.8.2-141.169.6.1 | 3.8.2-141.169.6.1 |
tiffopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 48 CVEs |
before 4.3.0-1.3 | 4.3.0-1.3 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10270 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Libtiff, published March 24, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.28%, the 83rd percentile. Fixed in tiff 4.0.7-2.
References
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow
debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3844
securityfocus.com/bid/97200
github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/9a72a69e035ee70ff5c41541c8c61cd97990d018
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10270
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hf89-jrf4-cp7r
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10270
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0199.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20057
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171044-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1031247
bugzilla.suse.com/1031249
bugzilla.suse.com/1031250
bugzilla.suse.com/1031254
bugzilla.suse.com/1031255
bugzilla.suse.com/1031262
bugzilla.suse.com/1031263
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10266
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10267
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10268
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10269
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10270
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10271
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10272
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20181472-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1017694
bugzilla.suse.com/1033109
bugzilla.suse.com/1033111
bugzilla.suse.com/1033112
bugzilla.suse.com/1033113
bugzilla.suse.com/1033120
bugzilla.suse.com/1033126
bugzilla.suse.com/1033127
bugzilla.suse.com/1033129
bugzilla.suse.com/1074317
bugzilla.suse.com/984808
bugzilla.suse.com/984809
bugzilla.suse.com/984831
bugzilla.suse.com/987351
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5314
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5315
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18013
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7593
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7595
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7596
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7597
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7599
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7600
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7601
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7602
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0405
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2656
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1586
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2327
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10095
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10371
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5318
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9538
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11613
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16232
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5225
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7592
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7594
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7598
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9403
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9404
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9935
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9936
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10779
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10963
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12900
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16335
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17000
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17100
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17101
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17795
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18557
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18661
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19210
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5784
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7456
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8905
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6128
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7663
Left out here: the rest of 1 source description. The JSON record has them.