CVE-2016-9448

HIGH 7.5CVE-2016-9448 · Published 27/01/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-9448 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting libtiff (libtiff).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.0%, higher than 92.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libtiff libtiff	`= 4.0.6`	No fix yet

Description

The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) by setting the tags TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII to values that access 0-byte arrays. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9297.

References

bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00017.html · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/15 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/94420 · Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

libtiff

= 4.0.6

No fix yet

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