Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-8331 First vendor Publication 2016-10-28
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2022-04-19

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 8.1
Base Score 8.1 Environmental Score 8.1
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 8.1
Exploitabality Sub Score 2.2
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF version 4.0.6. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a type confusion vulnerability resulting in remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered via a TIFF file delivered to the application using LibTIFF's tag extension functionality.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8331

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2016-10-25 LibTIFF FAX IFD entry parsing type confusion attempt
RuleID : 40538 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-IMAGE
2016-10-25 LibTIFF FAX IFD entry parsing type confusion attempt
RuleID : 40537 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-IMAGE
2016-10-25 LibTIFF FAX IFD entry parsing type confusion attempt
RuleID : 40536 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-IMAGE
2016-10-25 LibTIFF FAX IFD entry parsing type confusion attempt
RuleID : 40535 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-IMAGE
2016-10-25 LibTIFF FAX IFD entry parsing type confusion attempt
RuleID : 40534 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-IMAGE
2016-10-25 LibTIFF FAX IFD entry parsing type confusion attempt
RuleID : 40533 - Revision : 3 - Type : FILE-IMAGE

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-08-08 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3212-4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-20 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3212-3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-31 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3212-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-28 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3212-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-10 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-16.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-03 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-693.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93898
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
MISC http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0190/

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