Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-9533

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Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-9533

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40042
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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-2016-9533
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: LibTIFF
Affected software:
LibTIFF

Detailed vulnerability description

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

tif_pixarlog.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in heap allocated buffers. Reported as MSVR 35094, aka "PixarLog horizontalDifference heap-buffer-overflow."


How to mitigate CVE-2016-9533

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources