Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting tiff package, versions <4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-TIFF-405283
  • published22 Nov 2016
  • disclosed22 Nov 2016

Introduced: 22 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-9538  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 tiff to version 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tiff package and not the tiff package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 reads an undefined buffer in readContigStripsIntoBuffer() because of a uint16 integer overflow. Reported as MSVR 35100.