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CVE-2016-8331

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8331 describes a remote code execution vulnerability in LibTIFF version 4.0.6, specifically affecting its handling of TIFF images. A specially crafted TIFF document can exploit a type confusion flaw, leading to arbitrary code execution on affected systems. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a severe risk with network-based exploitation, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and no user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public 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:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0659 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: compat-libtiff3

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-8331Moderate

libtiff: FAX IFD Entry Parsing Type Confusion

Oct 25, 2016

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-16
securityfocus.com / bid/93898
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
talosintelligence.com / reports/TALOS-2016-0190
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory