{"id":"CVE-2016-8331","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-15T14:54:34.298072Z","published":"2016-10-28T20:59:00.190Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2018:1826-1","SUSE-SU-2018:1835-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93898"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0190/"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/vadz/libtiff","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8a37c8e244de3457283b54986d09a8db4d24381c"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.0.6"}]}}],"versions":["Pre360","Release-","Release-3-7-0","Release-v3-5-","Release-v3-5-4","Release-v3-5-5","Release-v3-5-7","Release-v3-6-0","Release-v3-6-0beta2","Release-v3-6-1","Release-v3-7-0-alpha","Release-v3-7-0beta","Release-v3-7-0beta2","Release-v3-7-1","Release-v3-7-2","Release-v3-7-3","Release-v3-7-4","Release-v3-8-0","Release-v3-8-1","Release-v3-8-2","Release-v4-0-0","Release-v4-0-0alpha","Release-v4-0-0alpha4","Release-v4-0-0alpha5","Release-v4-0-0alpha6","Release-v4-0-0beta7","Release-v4-0-1","Release-v4-0-2","Release-v4-0-3","Release-v4-0-4","Release-v4-0-4beta","Release-v4-0-5","Release-v4-0-6"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8331.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}