CVE-2016-9273

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

tiffsplit in libtiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file, related to changing td_nstrips in TIFF_STRIPCHOP mode.

Affected products

libtiff: 4.0.6

References

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2587
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/09/20
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94271
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2587
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/09/20
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94271
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16

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