CVE-2016-9297

HIGH

LibTiff 4.0.6 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII tag values.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/12/2
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2590
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/7
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94419

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0059
EPSS Percentile 69.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (1)
libtiff/libtiff 4.0.6
Published Jan 18, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026