What is CVE-2016-9538?

CVE-2016-9538 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2016-9538?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Libtiff

CVE-2016-9538

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

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

EPSS: 0.034 (87.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Libtiff — versions 4.0.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9538?: CVE-2016-9538 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2016-9538?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.