High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 27, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-9448
CVE-2016-9448
Description
The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) by setting the tags TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII to values that access 0-byte arrays. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9297.
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Affected products
13- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2
< 4.0.7-1.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.7-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.7-35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.7-35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.7-35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.7-35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.7-35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.7-35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.7-35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.7-35.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.7-35.1
Patches
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References
6- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00017.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/15nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94420nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16nvd
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