Out-of-bounds read in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-9297
Published: January 18, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32166
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9297
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
Affected software
LibTIFF
tiff (Alpine package)
tiff (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9297
Install update from vendor's website.
tiff (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.7-r0