ubuntu-cve-2016-9535
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-11-22 00:00
Modified
2026-06-01 07:04
Summary
Details

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."

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5",
            "binary_version": "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libtiffxx5",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "tiff",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            },
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "4.0.3-5ubuntu1",
        "4.0.3-6",
        "4.0.3-6ubuntu1",
        "4.0.3-7",
        "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1",
        "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2",
        "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3",
        "4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-opengl",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libtiff-tools",
            "binary_version": "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libtiff5",
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          },
          {
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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      },
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            }
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "4.0.5-1",
        "4.0.6-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.\"",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9535",
  "modified": "2026-06-01T07:04:34Z",
  "published": "2016-11-22T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9535"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3212-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9535"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3212-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-9535"
  ]
}



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