CVE-2016-9534

critical
Published 2016-11-22 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

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."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9534

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9534.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/83a4b92815ea04969d494416eaae3d4c6b338e4a#diff-5be5ce02d0dea67050d5b2a10102d1ba

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-26

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-27

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.0.7-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.0.7-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.0.7-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.0.7-1
debian debiansidfixed4.0.7-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.0.7-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libtifflibtiff4.0.6

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.