CVE-2016-9537

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

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in buffers. Reported as MSVR 35093, MSVR 35096, and MSVR 35097.

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-2016-9537

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/83a4b92815ea04969d494416eaae3d4c6b338e4a#diff-c8b4b355f9b5c06d585b23138e1c185f

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
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 CWE-787

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