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CVE-2016-9273

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9273 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in tiffsplit within libtiff version 4.0.6, triggered by a crafted file when changing td_nstrips in TIFF_STRIPCHOP mode. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires user interaction and local access, potentially leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, with its EPSS score indicating a very low likelihood of exploitation.

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

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
3.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0380 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 5,757 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 7Fixed in: libtiff
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9273Low

libtiff: Out-of-bounds heap read in cpStrips

Nov 7, 2016

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-16
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3762
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/09/20
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94271
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry