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CVE-2016-9448

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9448 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in LibTiff 4.0.6, affecting various LibTiff distributions, where remote attackers can crash the software by manipulating specific TIFF tags to access zero-byte arrays. Rated 7.5 HIGH, this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a denial of service without requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0498 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 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-2016-9448Low

libtiff: Null pointer dereference in TIFFFetchNormalTag() (regression of CVE-2016-9297)

Nov 16, 2016

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00017.html
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-16
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3762
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/15
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94420
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry