CVE-2016-9538 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Libtiff

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound11 documents8 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Debian TiffApple Macos Sierra 10.12.4 Security Update 2017-001 EL Capitan AND Security Update 201Libtiff
Timeline
PublishedNov 22
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDlibtiff/libtiff4.0.6
▶debiandebian/tiff< tiff 4.0.7-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6c84-54g6-hcp3: tools/tiffcrop↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-9538: tools/tiffcrop↗2016-11-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Apple
CVE-2016-9538: macOS Sierra 10.12.4, Security Update 2017-001 El Capitan, and Security Update 2017-001 Yosemite↗2017-03-27
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Ubuntu
LibTIFF vulnerabilities↗2017-02-27
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Red Hat
libtiff: Integer overflow leads to reading undefined buffer in readContigStripsIntoBuffer()↗2016-10-08
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Debian
CVE-2016-9538: tiff - tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 reads an undefined buffer in readContigStripsI...↗2016
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9448 CVE-2016-9453 CVE-2016-9532 CVE-2016-9533 CVE-2016-9534 CVE-2016-9535 CVE-2016-9536 CVE-2016-9537 CVE-2016-9538 CVE-2016-9539 CVE-2016-9540 mingw-libtiff: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-11-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9448 CVE-2016-9453 CVE-2016-9532 CVE-2016-9533 CVE-2016-9534 CVE-2016-9535 CVE-2016-9536 CVE-2016-9537 CVE-2016-9538 CVE-2016-9539 CVE-2016-9540 mingw-libtiff: various flaws [epel-7]↗2016-11-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9448 CVE-2016-9453 CVE-2016-9532 CVE-2016-9533 CVE-2016-9534 CVE-2016-9535 CVE-2016-9536 CVE-2016-9537 CVE-2016-9538 CVE-2016-9539 CVE-2016-9540 libtiff: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-11-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-9538 libtiff: Integer overflow leads to reading undefined buffer in readContigStripsIntoBuffer()↗2016-11-23
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