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FKIE_CVE-2016-9273

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-18 17:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:55
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
tiffsplit in libtiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file, related to changing td_nstrips in TIFF_STRIPCHOP mode.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2587Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/09/20Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94271Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2587Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/09/20Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94271Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libtiff libtiff 4.0.6
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