VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-3186
Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file.
MEDIUM 6.2EPSS 2.57%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer overflow in the readextension function in gif2tiff.c in LibTIFF 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.57% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · libtiff/libtiff
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 3.7% on 21 September 2026 to 2.6% on 26 October 2026.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00075.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035442
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319503
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00075.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035442
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2053
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319503
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3606-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.