CVE-2016-9533

Libtiff vulnerability

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

3.2%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

tif_pixarlog.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in heap allocated buffers. Reported as MSVR 35094, aka "PixarLog horizontalDifference heap-buffer-overflow."

Affected vendor

Libtiff

Affected product

Libtiff

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Published

2016-11-22

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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