Medium
Security advisory
Buffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in libtiff.so in the PixarLogDecode function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier, as used in GNOME nautilus, allows attackers to cause a denial of service attack (crash) via a crafted TIFF file.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-5317
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:40 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Buffer overflow in the PixarLogDecode function in libtiff.so in the PixarLogDecode function in libtiff 4.0.6 and earlier, as used in GNOME nautilus, allows attackers to cause a denial of service attack (crash) via a crafted TIFF file.
osv:CVE-2016-5317
Complete source record
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