Improper Null Termination Affecting compat-libtiff3 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.84% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-COMPATLIBTIFF3-1970169
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Nov 2016

Introduced: 7 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-9297  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-170  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 compat-libtiff3.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream compat-libtiff3 package and not the compat-libtiff3 package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII tag values.