CVE-2016-9540
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.7% (pctl 89)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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."
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.68% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-11-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| libtiff | libtiff |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94484
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94747
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/5ad9d8016fbb60109302d558f7edb2cb2a3bb8e3
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94484
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94747
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/5ad9d8016fbb60109302d558f7edb2cb2a3bb8e3
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