CVE-2016-9540

Summary

CVECVE-2016-9540
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-11-22 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-05 02:31:00 UTC
Descriptiontools/tiffcp.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write on tiled images with odd tile width versus image width. Reported as MSVR 35103, aka "cpStripToTile heap-buffer-overflow."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.6 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.6 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
RETIRED: LibTIFF Multiple Security Vulnerabilites BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3762-1 tiff DEBIAN www.debian.org
* tools/tiffcp.c: fix out-of-bounds write on tiled images with odd · vadz/libtiff@5ad9d80 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
LibTIFF CVE-2016-9540 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378144 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for libtiff-static (VZLSA-2017:0225)
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