CVE-2016-9539 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has an out-of-bounds read in readContigTilesIntoBuffer(). Reported as MSVR 35092.

Published: 2016-11-22

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-10345	tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has an out-of-bounds read in readContigTilesIntoBuffer(). Reported as MSVR 35092.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3212-1	LibTIFF vulnerabilities

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.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94484
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94754
https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/ae9365db1b271b62b35ce018eac8799b1d5e8a53
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9539
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9539

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Libtiff Libtiff

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-11-22T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:50:38.435Z

Reserved: 2016-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9539

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-22T19:59:07.807

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-9539

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-10-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9539 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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