CVE-2016-9448
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.0.7-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libtiff | libtiff | 4.0.6 | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-27
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-26
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2593
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00017.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/15
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94420
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9448.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9448
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.