CVE-2016-9453

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

The t2p_readwrite_pdf_image_tile function in LibTIFF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a JPEG file with a TIFFTAG_JPEGTABLES of length one.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
libtiff: before 4.0.7 — fixed in 4.0.7
Opensuse: 13.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: libtiff 4.0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2579
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00017.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/19/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94406
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2579
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00017.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/19/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94406
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16

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