High
Security advisory
Buffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows 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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-5314
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:05 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Buffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in tif_pixarlog.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier allows 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.
osv:CVE-2016-5314
Complete source record
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