CVE-2016-3621

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CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

EPSS

2%p81

Published

Oct 3, 2016 (Oct 3, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The LZWEncode function in tif_lzw.c in the bmp2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier, when the "-c lzw" option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted BMP image.

Vendors: libtiff
Products: libtiff
Weakness: CWE-125
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.1%)

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