CVE-2016-8331

An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF version 4.0.6

High · published October 28, 2016

CVSS v3.0
8.1
EPSS
7%
Percentile
93.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF version 4.0.6. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a type confusion vulnerability resulting in remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered via a TIFF file delivered to the application using LibTIFF's tag extension functionality.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.06593 · 93.8th percentile
Published
2016-10-28T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 OCT 20:00Z
    An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF version 4.0.6
    cvelistv5