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CVE-2016-9537

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in buffers. Reported as...

9.8 CriticalFix available

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in buffers. Reported as MSVR 35093, MSVR 35096, and MSVR 35097.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.14%Up 2.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in buffers. Reported as MSVR 35093, MSVR 35096, and MSVR 35097.

Record
CVE-2016-9537
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in buffers. Reported as MSVR 35093, MSVR 35096, and MSVR 35097.

Record
CVE-2016-9537
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-10343 No score

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in buffers. Reported as MSVR 35093, MSVR 35096, and MSVR 35097.

Record
EUVD-2016-10343
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4rjr-rhh9-223h 9.8

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in buffers. Reported as...

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in buffers. Reported as MSVR 35093, MSVR 35096, and MSVR 35097.

Record
GHSA-4rjr-rhh9-223h
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.8

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in buffers. Reported as MSVR 35093, MSVR 35096, and MSVR 35097.

Record
CVE-2016-9537
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-9537 9.8

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in buffers. Reported as MSVR 35093, MSVR 35096, and MSVR 35097.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9537
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2017:0225 8.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: libtiff security update

Record
RHSA-2017:0225
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-9537 9.8

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in buffers. Reported as MSVR 35093, MSVR 35096, and MSVR 35097.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9537
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3212-1 No score

tiff vulnerabilities

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Record
USN-3212-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tiff
Debian:12
 before 4.0.7-1
4.0.7-1
tiff
Debian:13
 before 4.0.7-1
4.0.7-1
tiff
Debian:14
 before 4.0.7-1
4.0.7-1
tiff
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
 before 4.0.2-6+deb7u9, plus listed versions
4.0.2-64.0.2-6+deb7u14.0.2-6+deb7u24.0.2-6+deb7u34.0.2-6+deb7u4
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4.0.2-6+deb7u54.0.2-6+deb7u64.0.2-6+deb7u74.0.2-6+deb7u8
4.0.2-6+deb7u9
tiff
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 30 CVEs
 before 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2, plus listed versions
4.0.3-12.34.0.3-12.3+deb8u1
4.0.3-12.3+deb8u2
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
0:3.9.4-21.el6_8
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-static
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
libtiff-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
0:4.0.3-27.el7_3
tiff
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6, plus listed versions
4.0.2-4ubuntu34.0.3-5ubuntu14.0.3-64.0.3-6ubuntu14.0.3-7
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4.0.3-7ubuntu0.14.0.3-7ubuntu0.24.0.3-7ubuntu0.34.0.3-7ubuntu0.4
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
tiff
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
4.0.3-12.3ubuntu24.0.5-14.0.6-1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
tiff
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
 before 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6, plus listed versions
4.0.2-4ubuntu34.0.3-5ubuntu14.0.3-64.0.3-6ubuntu14.0.3-7
Show 4 moreShow less
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.14.0.3-7ubuntu0.24.0.3-7ubuntu0.34.0.3-7ubuntu0.4
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
tiff
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
 before 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
4.0.3-12.3ubuntu24.0.5-14.0.6-1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-9537 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Libtiff, published November 22, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.14%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in tiff 4.0.7-1.

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