CVE-2016-3621

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 80.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-10-03 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:03Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-21

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ac74e57bf3c890dda953c696a5019ef8a7f71d2a394f5d47b9dd76a58eee8d12

• www.securitytracker.com1035508http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035508vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160407 CVE-2016-3621 libtiff: Out-of-bounds Read in the bmp2tiff toolhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/07/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2565x_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO