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ALPINE-CVE-2016-3186 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.199999809265137 MEDIUM

Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

6.199999809265137

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.3	tiff	4.0.2-r1, 4.0.3-r0, 4.0.3-r1
Alpine:v3.2	tiff	4.0.3-r3, 3.8.2-r0, 3.8.2-r1
Alpine:v3.4	tiff	0, 3.8.2-r0, 3.8.2-r1

Timeline

Apr 19, 2016 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-3186 advisory

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