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CVE-2016-9538

libtiff: Integer overflow leads to reading undefined buffer in readContigStripsIntoBuffer()

Published Modified CWE 190
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (low).

Description

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 reads an undefined buffer in readContigStripsIntoBuffer() because of a uint16 integer overflow. Reported as MSVR 35100.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11tiff4.0.7-1
debian 12tiff4.0.7-1
debian 13tiff4.0.7-1
debian 14tiff4.0.7-1
debian 7tiff4.0.2-6+deb7u9
debian 8tiff4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2
echotiff4.0.7-1
Red Hatcompat-libtiff3, libtiff, libtiff-devel and 2 moreno fix listed
root.io debian 11rootio-tiff4.0.7-1
root.io debian 12rootio-tiff4.0.7-1
root.io debian 13rootio-tiff4.0.7-1
seal Red Hat 7libtiff, seal-libtiff4.0.3-35.el7+sp8
Show all 22 entries from 17 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11tiff4.0.7-1
debian 12tiff4.0.7-1
debian 13tiff4.0.7-1
debian 14tiff4.0.7-1
debian 7tiff4.0.2-6+deb7u9
debian 8tiff4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2
echotiff4.0.7-1
Red Hatcompat-libtiff3no fix listed
Red Hatlibtiffno fix listed
Red Hatlibtiff-develno fix listed
Red Hatlibtiff-staticno fix listed
Red Hatlibtiff-toolsno fix listed
root.io debian 11rootio-tiff4.0.7-1
root.io debian 12rootio-tiff4.0.7-1
root.io debian 13rootio-tiff4.0.7-1
seal Red Hat 7libtiff4.0.3-35.el7+sp8
seal Red Hat 7seal-libtiff4.0.3-35.el7+sp8
ubuntu 14.04tiff4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
ubuntu 14.04-ESMtiff4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
ubuntu 16.04tiff4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMtiff4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.10tiff4.0.6-2ubuntu0.1

References

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