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ALPINE-CVE-2016-9448

ALPINE-CVE-2016-9448 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

The TIFFFetchNormalTag function in LibTiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) by setting the tags TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII to values that access 0-byte arrays. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9297.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.2tiff0, 3.8.2-r0, 3.8.2-r1
Alpine:v3.3tiff3.8.2-r0, 3.8.2-r1, 3.8.2-r4
Alpine:v3.4tiff0, 3.8.2-r0, 3.8.2-r1

Timeline

  • Jan 27, 2017 CVE Published
  • Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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