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CVE-2016-9539

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9539 describes a critical out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the tiffcrop.c tool within libtiff version 4.0.6. This flaw, identified as MSVR 35092, allows for remote, low-complexity attacks without requiring user interaction or privileges. Successful exploitation could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical). Despite its high severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog, and it has received negligible community discussion or media coverage.

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

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0304 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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-2016-9539Moderate

libtiff: Out-of-bounds read in readContigTilesIntoBuffer()

Oct 14, 2016

References

github.com / vadz/libtiff/commit/ae9365db1b271b62b35ce018eac8799b1d5e8a53
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94484
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/94754