CVE-2016-9535: libtiff

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9535 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 4.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 22-11-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 29-05-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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."

• 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.