#VU40036 Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-9540

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#VU40036 Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2016-9540

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40036
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-2016-9540
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.

tools/tiffcp.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write on tiled images with odd tile width versus image width. Reported as MSVR 35103, aka "cpStripToTile heap-buffer-overflow."


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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