#VU40040 Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-9535

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#VU40040 Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-9535

Published: November 22, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40040
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9535
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
LibTIFF
Software vendor:
LibTIFF

Description

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

tif_predict.h and tif_predict.c in libtiff 4.0.6 have assertions that can lead to assertion failures in debug mode, or buffer overflows in release mode, when dealing with unusual tile size like YCbCr with subsampling. Reported as MSVR 35105, aka "Predictor heap-buffer-overflow."


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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