7.8

CVE-2016-10268: libtiff Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-10268DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10268
Published 24-03-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10268 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 1.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.79%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 4
DLA-877-1MGASA-2017-0199OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1SUSE-SU-2017:1044-1SUSE-SU-2018:1179-1USN-3602-1

Timeline

  1. 24-03-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

tools/tiffcp.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow and heap-based buffer under-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 78490" and libtiff/tif_unix.c:115:23.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.79%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.05 pp

From 1.74% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.79%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.7-2
Libtiff1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8 | < 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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