Out-of-bounds write in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-9536

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12656

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9536

CWE-ID: CWE-787

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists in heap allocated buffers in t2p_process_jpeg_strip() in tools/tiff2pdf.c due to out-of-bounds write, aka "t2p_process_jpeg_strip heap-buffer-overflow." A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

LibTIFF
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support
libtiff (Red Hat package)

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libtiff (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.9.4-21.el6_8, 4.0.3-27.el7_3

• https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/83a4b92815ea04969d494416eaae3d4c6b338e4a#diff-5173a9b3b48146e...

• Multiple vulnerabilities in LibTIFF
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for libtiff