What is CVE-2016-10093?

CVE-2016-10093 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-10093?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-10093 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Libtiff

CVE-2016-10093

Integer overflow in tools/tiffcp.c in LibTIFF 4.0.7, 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5, 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 4.0.0alpha4, 4.0.0alpha5, 4.0.0alpha6, 4.0.0beta7, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4beta, 4.0.5 and 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-03-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libtiff — versions 4.0.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/01/01/libtiff-multiple-heap-based-buffer-overflow/ (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/01/12 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/787c0ee906430b772f33ca50b97b8b5ca070faec (Patch)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95215 (vdb-entry)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/01/10 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762 (vendor-advisory)
github.com/Hack-Me/Pocs_for_Multi_Versions/tree/main/CVE-2016-10093

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10093?: CVE-2016-10093 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-10093?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10093 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.