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CVE-2016-10092 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the readContigStripsIntoBuffer function in tif_unix.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7, 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.…

published 2017-03-01 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-1284

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the readContigStripsIntoBuffer function in tif_unix.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7, 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.0.0alpha4, 4.0.0alpha5, 4.0.0alpha6, 4.0.0beta7, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4beta, 4.0.5 and 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image.

Patch / fix

  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0.7-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10092

  • tiff Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6
  • tiff Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10092

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • tiff SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP4 +5 more 4.0.9-44.30.1
  • tiff SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 3.8.2-141.169.26.1
  • tiff SLE Module for Package Hub 15, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 4.0.9-5.20.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:4191-1SUSE-SU-2018:4120-1SUSE-SU-2018:4008-1

  • tiff openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.6.0-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13381-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-10092 updated cvss 7.0

libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in _TIFFFax3fillruns

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libtiff, libtiff-tools, compat-libtiff3
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.maptools.org http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2620 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugzilla.maptools.org http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2622 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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