CVE-2016-9536

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: November 22, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

tools/tiff2pdf.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in heap allocated buffers in t2p_process_jpeg_strip(). Reported as MSVR 35098, aka "t2p_process_jpeg_strip heap-buffer-overflow."

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94484

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94745

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/83a4b92815ea04969d494416eaae3d4c6b338e4a#diff-5173a9b3b48146e4fd86d7b9b346115e

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html