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CVE-2016-9297

Published: 18 January 2017

The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII tag values.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
poc in in maptools.org bug entry
tyhicks
The fix for this issue introduced a regression that has been assigned
CVE-2016-9448
mdeslaur
this will not be fixed in precise/esm

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
tiff
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (4.0.7)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial
Released (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1)
yakkety
Released (4.0.6-2ubuntu0.1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(4.0.7-1)
artful Not vulnerable
(4.0.7-1)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/30c9234c7fd0dd5e8b1e83ad44370c875a0270ed

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H