CVE-2016-10269: libtiff Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-10269 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 2.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 4Timeline
- 24-03-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
LibTIFF 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, 4.0.6 and 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF image, related to "READ of size 512" and libtiff/tif_unix.c:340:2.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.38%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
84%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.38% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- tiff< 4.0.7-2
Libtiff1 product
- libtiff4.0.7
Ubuntu1 product
- tiff< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.8 | < 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
3 vendors · 3 products
References
10 links- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/X Refsource MISCPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryREPORT
- github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/1044b43637fa7f70fb19b93593777b78bd20da86X Refsource MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory