CVE-2016-9538 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 reads an undefined buffer in readContigStripsIntoBuffer() because of a uint16 integer overflow. Reported as MSVR 35100.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00416.

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 DSA	DSA-3762-1	tiff security update
EUVD	EUVD-2016-10344	tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 reads an undefined buffer in readContigStripsIntoBuffer() because of a uint16 integer overflow. Reported as MSVR 35100.
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://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94484
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94753
https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/43c0b81a818640429317c80fea1e66771e85024b#diff-c8b4b355f9b5c06d585b23138e1c185f
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9538
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9538

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-11-22T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:50:38.418Z

Reserved: 2016-11-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9538

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-11-22T19:59:06.510

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-9538

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-10-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9538 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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