CVE-2016-9297 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII tag values.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00332.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Libtiff	Libtiff

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-716-1	tiff security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3762-1	tiff security update
EUVD	EUVD-2016-10108	The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII tag values.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3212-1	LibTIFF vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2590
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/12/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94419
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9297
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9297

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00517}`	epss `{'score': 0.00332}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-18T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:42:11.260Z

Reserved: 2016-11-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9297

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-01-18T17:59:01.293

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-9297

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-11-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9297 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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