CVE-2016-9297 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted TIFF tag values in the LibTiff library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-9297?
CVE-2016-9297 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libtiff Libtiff, published on 18 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII tag values.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9297?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libtiff Libtiff.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9297?
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-2016-9297 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9297 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libtiff Libtiff
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-9297, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9297, GHSA-fjx8-f7rq-fqgx, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9297.