What is CVE-2016-5652?

CVE-2016-5652 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-5652?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Libtiff

CVE-2016-5652

An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF's TIFF2PDF tool. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. Vulnerability can be triggered via a saved TIFF file delivered by other means.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.043 (90.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.043 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libtiff — versions 4.0.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16 (vendor-advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0225.html (vendor-advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3762 (vendor-advisory)
www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0187/ (Technical Description, Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93902 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5652?: CVE-2016-5652 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libtiff, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-5652?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.