Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-9537

Vulnerability identifier: #VU40039

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-2016-9537

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in buffers. Reported as MSVR 35093, MSVR 35096, and MSVR 35097.

LibTIFF
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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

• 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/94746
• https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/83a4b92815ea04969d494416eaae3d4c6b338e4a#diff-c8b4b355f9b5c06d585b23138e1c185f

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