What is the severity of CVE-2016-9536?

CVE-2016-9536 has a high severity due to its potential for out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities that can lead to arbitrary code execution.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9536?

To fix CVE-2016-9536, update to the appropriate versions of the libtiff package, such as 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4 or later.

Which software is affected by CVE-2016-9536?

CVE-2016-9536 affects libtiff version 4.0.6 and other versions prior to the patched releases.

What types of vulnerabilities are present in CVE-2016-9536?

CVE-2016-9536 contains out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities specifically in the t2p_process_jpeg_strip function.

Is CVE-2016-9536 a known issue in earlier versions?

Yes, CVE-2016-9536 is a known issue in libtiff 4.0.6, which has been addressed in subsequent releases.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-9536

critical

9.8

CWE

119 787

22/11/2016

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-9536: Buffer Overflow

First published: Tue Nov 22 2016(Updated: )

tools/tiff2pdf.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in heap allocated buffers in t2p_process_jpeg_strip(). Reported as MSVR 35098, aka "t2p_process_jpeg_strip heap-buffer-overflow."

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
debian/tiff		4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u8 4.2.0-1+deb11u4 4.5.0-6 4.5.1+git230720-1
libtiff	=4.0.6

Remedy

https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/83a4b92815ea04969d494416eaae3d4c6b338e4a#diff-5173a9b3b48146e4fd86d7b9b346115e

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9536?
CVE-2016-9536 has a high severity due to its potential for out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities that can lead to arbitrary code execution.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9536?
To fix CVE-2016-9536, update to the appropriate versions of the libtiff package, such as 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4 or later.
Which software is affected by CVE-2016-9536?
CVE-2016-9536 affects libtiff version 4.0.6 and other versions prior to the patched releases.
What types of vulnerabilities are present in CVE-2016-9536?
CVE-2016-9536 contains out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities specifically in the t2p_process_jpeg_strip function.
Is CVE-2016-9536 a known issue in earlier versions?
Yes, CVE-2016-9536 is a known issue in libtiff 4.0.6, which has been addressed in subsequent releases.

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