CVE-2016-9453

Summary

CVECVE-2016-9453
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-27 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-31 18:57:00 UTC
DescriptionThe t2p_readwrite_pdf_image_tile function in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a JPEG file with a TIFFTAG_JPEGTABLES of length one.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff All All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LibTIFF 'tiff2pdf.c' Out Of Bounds Write Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3762-1 tiff DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-16) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:3035-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: libtiff: Out-of-bounds Write memcpy and less bound check in tiff2pdf MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 2579 – CVE-2016-9453: out-of-bounds Write Caused by memcpy and no bound check in tiff2pdf CONFIRM bugzilla.maptools.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710479 Gentoo Linux libTIFF Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-16)
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