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CVE-2016-10092

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10092 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the readContigStripsIntoBuffer function of LibTIFF versions 3.9.3 through 4.0.7. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to achieve significant impact through a crafted image file. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), it presents a serious risk, requiring user interaction (UI:R) but with low attack complexity (AC:L) and local access (AV:L) to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0238 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: compat-libtiff3
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libtiff

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-10092Moderate

libtiff: Heap-based buffer overflow in _TIFFFax3fillruns

Dec 3, 2016

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue Tracking
bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue Tracking
blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2016-10092
github.com / vadz/libtiff/commit/9657bbe3cdce4aaa90e07d50c1c70ae52da0ba6a
Patch
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3762
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/01/10
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/01/12
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95218