CVE-2016-9538 (GCVE-0-2016-9538)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-22 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50
VLAI
Summary
tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 reads an undefined buffer in readContigStripsIntoBuffer() because of a uint16 integer overflow. Reported as MSVR 35100.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94484 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/43c0b81a81… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2016-11-22 00:00
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