CVE-2016-9297

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

6.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (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: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.

Published

2017-01-18 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:42Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-11-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
• CWE-170Improper Null TerminationBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e2bfc094e3a0d9ae972dffcb34288e4d8adbd9245885d701007e4471495aa524

• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-16https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161111 CVE Request: libtiff: read outside buffer in _TIFFPrintField()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/12/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.maptools.orghttp://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2590x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161114 Re: CVE Request: libtiff: read outside buffer in _TIFFPrintField()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3762http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com94419http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94419vdb-entryx_refsource_BID