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CVE-2016-9297

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9297 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in LibTiff 4.0.6, specifically within the TIFFFetchNormalTag function, affecting products that utilize this library. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing specially crafted TIFF_SETGET_C16ASCII or TIFF_SETGET_C32_ASCII tag values. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it presents a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, with the primary impact being system availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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

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
6.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0647 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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 Patches (3)

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-2016-9297Low

libtiff: Out-of-bounds heap read in _TIFFPrintField (tif_print.c:127)

Nov 7, 2016

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-16
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3762
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/12/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94419
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry