CVE-2016-9538 – tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 reads an undefined buffer in readContig

tools/tiffcrop.c in libtiff 4.0.6 reads an undefined buffer in readContigStripsIntoBuffer() because of a uint16 integer overflow. Reported as MSVR 35100.

 

Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9538

Reference (s):

• BID:94484
• URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94484
• BID:94753
• URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94753
• https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/43c0b81a818640429317c80fea1e66771e85024b#diff-c8b4b355f9b5c06d585b23138e1c185f