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CVE-2016-9540

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 3.63% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-11-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2016-9540
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.63%

Original NVD Description

tools/tiffcp.c in libtiff 4.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write on tiled images with odd tile width versus image width. Reported as MSVR 35103, aka "cpStripToTile heap-buffer-overflow."