PT-2016-7774 · Libtiff+4 · Libtiff+4

Axel Souchet + 1 · Published 2016-11-22 · Updated 2018-06-28 · CVE-2016-9540

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libtiff version 4.0.6

Description The issue is related to an out-of-bounds write on tiled images with odd tile width versus image width. This can lead to a heap-buffer-overflow.

Recommendations For libtiff version 4.0.6, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version has a known problem with tiled images that can cause a heap-buffer-overflow. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CESA-2017_0225

CVE-2016-9540

DLA-795-1

DSA-3762-1

RHSA-2017:0225

RHSA-2017_0225

SUSE-SU-2018:1835-1

USN-3212-1

USN-3212-2

Affected Products

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Libtiff

References · 83

• https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/5ad9d8016fbb60109302d558f7edb2cb2a3bb8e3 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3623 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9538 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9297 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9532 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3622 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9273 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9533 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8331 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6223 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5315 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9540 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3212-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9534 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9540 · Vendor Advisory