CVE-2016-9540

9.8 CRITICAL

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

Description

tools/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."

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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/94747

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/5ad9d8016fbb60109302d558f7edb2cb2a3bb8e3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

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