CVE-2016-6223

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

3.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2017-01-23 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-189
• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b3c502a998857fd8f0c51a804f7d19974f94a4402167d608491667fe6b48453b

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• libtiff.maptools.orghttp://libtiff.maptools.org/v4.0.7.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160714 Re: CVE request: Information leak in LibTIFFhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3762http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160713 CVE request: Information leak in LibTIFFhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com91741http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91741vdb-entryx_refsource_BID