CVE-2016-9273 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted TIFF file due to an out-of-bounds read in libtiff.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-9273?
CVE-2016-9273 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libtiff Libtiff, published on 18 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9273?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libtiff Libtiff.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9273?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-9273 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9273 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libtiff Libtiff
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-9273, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9273, GHSA-93qc-w2gq-jr65, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9273.