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CVE-2016-3633

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3633 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting LibTIFF versions 4.0.6 and earlier, specifically within the setrow function of its thumbnail tool. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction or privileges, making it easily exploitable over a network to cause system unavailability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0161 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-3633Low

libtiff: out-of-bounds read in the _setrow function

Apr 11, 2016

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-16
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory