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CVE-2016-6223 json

The TIFFReadRawStrip1 and TIFFReadRawTile1 functions in tif_read.c in libtiff before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of ser…

published 2017-01-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7154

cvss
9.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The TIFFReadRawStrip1 and TIFFReadRawTile1 functions in tif_read.c in libtiff before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via a negative index in a file-content buffer.

Patch / fix

  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0.6-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6223

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

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6223

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 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-2018:4008-1

  • tiff openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.6.0-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13381-1

  • libtiff Arch Linux 4.0.7-1
  • lib32-libtiff Arch Linux 4.0.7-1

arch linux advisories AVG-85AVG-86

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-2016-6223 updated cvss 6.5

libtiff: Out-of-bounds read on memory-mapped files in TIFFReadRawStrip1() and TIFFReadRawTile1()

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

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

3.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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