Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libtiff package, versions <0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
2.23% (90th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-LIBTIFF-2077205
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 8 Oct 2016
Introduced: 8 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-9540 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 libtiff to version 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff package and not the libtiff package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
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."
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94484
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94747
- https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/5ad9d8016fbb60109302d558f7edb2cb2a3bb8e3
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9540
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0225