CVE catalog

CVE-2016-9448

tiff: CVE-2016-9448

Severity: High · CVSS 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: Nov 16, 2016, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 4.98% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	tiff	sid	`4.7.2-1`	not affected
Debian	tiff	forky	`4.7.2-1`	not affected
Debian	tiff	trixie	`4.7.0-3+deb13u3`	not affected
Debian	tiff	trixie-security	`4.7.0-3+deb13u3`	not affected
Debian	tiff	bookworm	`4.5.0-6+deb12u4`	not affected
Debian	tiff	bookworm-security	`4.5.0-6+deb12u4`	not affected
Alpine	tiff	3.2	`4.0.7-r0`	fixed
Alpine	tiff	3.3	`4.0.7-r0`	fixed
Alpine	tiff	3.4	`4.0.7-r0`	fixed
Ubuntu	tiff	14.04	`4.0.2-4ubuntu3`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tiff	14.04	`4.0.3-5ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tiff	14.04	`4.0.3-6`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tiff	14.04	`4.0.3-6ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tiff	14.04	`4.0.3-7`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tiff	14.04	`4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tiff	14.04	`4.0.3-7ubuntu0.2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tiff	14.04	`4.0.3-7ubuntu0.3`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tiff	14.04	`4.0.3-7ubuntu0.4`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tiff	14.04	`4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6`	fixed
Ubuntu	tiff	16.04	`4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tiff	16.04	`4.0.5-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tiff	16.04	`4.0.6-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	tiff	16.04	`4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	tiff	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	tiff	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	tiff	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	tiff	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Alpine	tiff	apk	3.2	`4.0.7-r0`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2016-9448	Not reported
Alpine	tiff	apk	3.3	`4.0.7-r0`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2016-9448	Not reported
Alpine	tiff	apk	3.4	`4.0.7-r0`	Not reported	ALPINE-CVE-2016-9448	Not reported
Ubuntu	tiff	deb	14.04	`4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9448	Not reported
Ubuntu	tiff	deb	16.04	`4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9448	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[libtiff5-dev]Unknown
Source package: [tiff]
Details (4)
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
[libtiff6]Unknown
Source package: [tiff]
Details (4)
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
[libtiff-dev]Unknown
Source package: [tiff]
Details (4)
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
[libtiff-doc]Unknown
Source package: [tiff]
Details (4)
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
[libtiff-opengl]Unknown
Source package: [tiff]
Details (4)
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
[libtiff-tools]Unknown
Source package: [tiff]
Details (4)
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
[libtiffxx6]Unknown
Source package: [tiff]
Details (4)
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm
- 4.5.0-6+deb12u4 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · tiff · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:23:54 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]