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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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