CVE-2016-9448

7.5 HIGH
Published: January 27, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) by setting the tags TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII to values that access 0-byte arrays. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9297.

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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:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2593
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00017.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/15
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94420
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2593
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00017.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/15
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94420
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.0%
91th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

Affected Vendors

opensuse libtiff

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