Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted GIF file. External References: https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-3186 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319503 CVE: CVE-2016-3186 Upstream-Status: Backport (RedHat) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=1144235&action=diff Signed-off-by: Yi Zhao --- tiff-4.0.6/tools/gif2tiff.c 2016-04-06 15:43:01.586048341 +0200 +++ tiff-4.0.6/tools/gif2tiff.c 2016-04-06 15:48:05.523207710 +0200 @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ int status = 1; (void) getc(infile); - while ((count = getc(infile)) && count <= 255) + while ((count = getc(infile)) && count >= 0 && count <= 255) if (fread(buf, 1, count, infile) != (size_t) count) { fprintf(stderr, "short read from file %s (%s)\n", filename, strerror(errno));