CVE-2016-6223

9.1 criticalEPSS 3.3%

Critical (9.1) in libtiff libtiff. EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The TIFFReadRawStrip1 and TIFFReadRawTile1 functions in tif_read.c in libtiff before 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information via a negative index in a file-content buffer.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

9.1 critical

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

EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-189
Published: 2017-01-23
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

libtiff:libtiff

References

http://libtiff.maptools.org/v4.0.7.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91741

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