vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2016-9540)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 22, 2016 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 22, 2016
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
It was found that tools/tiffcp.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has an out-of-bounds heap write on tiled images with odd tile width versus image width. This has also been reported as MSVR 35103, aka "cpStripToTile heap-buffer-overflow."
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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