#VU39732 Out-of-bounds read in Debian Linux - CVE-2016-9532 

 

#VU39732 Out-of-bounds read in Debian Linux - CVE-2016-9532

Published: February 6, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39732
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9532
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Debian Linux
Software vendor:
Debian

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Integer overflow in the writeBufferToSeparateStrips function in tiffcrop.c in LibTIFF before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted tif file.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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