Out-of-bounds write in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-9453
Published: May 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12655
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9453
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists in the t2p_readwrite_pdf_image_tile function due to out-of-bounds write. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted JPEG file with a TIFFTAG_JPEGTABLES of length one and cause the service to rash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists in the t2p_readwrite_pdf_image_tile function due to out-of-bounds write. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted JPEG file with a TIFFTAG_JPEGTABLES of length one and cause the service to rash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Affected software
LibTIFF
tiff (Alpine package)
tiff (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9453
Install update from vendor's website.
tiff (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.7-r0