01 Record

CVE-2016-9273

tiffsplit in libtiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file, related to changing td_nstrips in TIFF_STRIPCHOP mode.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

tiffsplit in libtiff 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file, related to changing td_nstrips in TIFF_STRIPCHOP mode.

03 Exploitation and scoring

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: 3.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 89.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-01-18 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:42Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-11-11

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

3666e3df2db51837cc8c36465fd839f1e989521105893cacbcc02476792d1a78

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

libtifflibtiffNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161109 CVE Request: libtiff: heap buffer overflow/read outside of arrayhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/09/20mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161111 Re: CVE Request: libtiff: heap buffer overflow/read outside of arrayhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
www.securityfocus.com94271http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94271vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2587x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.debian.orgDSA-3762http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

01 Record index

CVE-2016-9273

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

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06 References

02 Records

CVE-2016-9273

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References