8.1

CVE-2016-8331: libtiff

CVSS: 8.1v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-8331DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8331
Published 28-10-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-8331 is a high (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 6.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
44/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
6.59%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
DLA-693-1SUSE-SU-2018:1826-1SUSE-SU-2018:1835-1USN-3212-1

Timeline

  1. 28-10-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF version 4.0.6. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a type confusion vulnerability resulting in remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered via a TIFF file delivered to the application using LibTIFF's tag extension functionality.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.59% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
6.59%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (talosintelligence.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.6-3
Libtiff1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6 | < 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

8 links