CVE-2016-9534: libtiff

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9534 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 3.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 22-11-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

tif_write.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has an issue in the error code path of TIFFFlushData1() that didn't reset the tif_rawcc and tif_rawcp members. Reported as MSVR 35095, aka "TIFFFlushData1 heap-buffer-overflow."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.