What is the severity of CVE-2016-9538?

CVE-2016-9538 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for arbitrary code execution resulting from an integer overflow.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9538?

To fix CVE-2016-9538, update the libtiff package to versions 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4, 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u8, 4.2.0-1+deb11u4, 4.5.0-6, or 4.5.1+git230720-1.

What systems are affected by CVE-2016-9538?

CVE-2016-9538 affects versions of libtiff prior to 4.0.6, particularly on Debian-based systems with specific package versions.

What does CVE-2016-9538 impact?

CVE-2016-9538 impacts the ability of applications that use the libtiff library, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Is there a known exploit for CVE-2016-9538?

As of now, there are no public reports of active exploits specifically targeting CVE-2016-9538.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-9538

critical

9.8

CWE

190

22/11/2016

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-9538: Integer Overflow

First published: Tue Nov 22 2016(Updated: )

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

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/43c0b81a818640429317c80fea1e66771e85024b#diff-c8b4b355f9b5c06d585b23138e1c185f

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9538?
CVE-2016-9538 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for arbitrary code execution resulting from an integer overflow.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9538?
To fix CVE-2016-9538, update the libtiff package to versions 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4, 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u8, 4.2.0-1+deb11u4, 4.5.0-6, or 4.5.1+git230720-1.
What systems are affected by CVE-2016-9538?
CVE-2016-9538 affects versions of libtiff prior to 4.0.6, particularly on Debian-based systems with specific package versions.
What does CVE-2016-9538 impact?
CVE-2016-9538 impacts the ability of applications that use the libtiff library, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Is there a known exploit for CVE-2016-9538?
As of now, there are no public reports of active exploits specifically targeting CVE-2016-9538.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9538?
CVE-2016-9538 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for arbitrary code execution resulting from an integer overflow.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9538?
To fix CVE-2016-9538, update the libtiff package to versions 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4, 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u8, 4.2.0-1+deb11u4, 4.5.0-6, or 4.5.1+git230720-1.
What systems are affected by CVE-2016-9538?
CVE-2016-9538 affects versions of libtiff prior to 4.0.6, particularly on Debian-based systems with specific package versions.
What does CVE-2016-9538 impact?
CVE-2016-9538 impacts the ability of applications that use the libtiff library, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Is there a known exploit for CVE-2016-9538?
As of now, there are no public reports of active exploits specifically targeting CVE-2016-9538.