What is the severity of CVE-2016-9540?

CVE-2016-9540 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential for heap buffer overflow exploitation.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9540?

To mitigate CVE-2016-9540, update libtiff to version 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4 or later.

Which versions of libtiff are affected by CVE-2016-9540?

CVE-2016-9540 affects libtiff version 4.0.6 and potentially earlier versions.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2016-9540?

CVE-2016-9540 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability occurring on tiled images with specific dimensions.

What are the consequences of exploiting CVE-2016-9540?

Exploitation of CVE-2016-9540 could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

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CVE-2016-9540

critical

9.8

CWE

119 787

22/11/2016

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-9540: Buffer Overflow

First published: Tue Nov 22 2016(Updated: )

tools/tiffcp.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write on tiled images with odd tile width versus image width. Reported as MSVR 35103, aka "cpStripToTile 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/5ad9d8016fbb60109302d558f7edb2cb2a3bb8e3

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9540?
CVE-2016-9540 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential for heap buffer overflow exploitation.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9540?
To mitigate CVE-2016-9540, update libtiff to version 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u4 or later.
Which versions of libtiff are affected by CVE-2016-9540?
CVE-2016-9540 affects libtiff version 4.0.6 and potentially earlier versions.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2016-9540?
CVE-2016-9540 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability occurring on tiled images with specific dimensions.
What are the consequences of exploiting CVE-2016-9540?
Exploitation of CVE-2016-9540 could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

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