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CVE-2016-5102

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5102 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the readgifimage function of the gif2tiff tool within LibTIFF 4.0.6. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (segmentation fault) by providing a specially crafted GIF file. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5, the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), leading to high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0204 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 Patches (4)

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-2016-5102Moderate

libtiff: Buffer overflow in readgifimage()

May 30, 2016

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-16
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3606-1
securityfocus.com / bid/96049
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry