CVE-2016-3620: Libtiff

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ZIPEncode function in tif_zip.c in the bmp2tiff tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier, when the "-c zip" option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted BMP image.

Affected products

• Libtiff Libtiff: up to and including 4.0.6

Published 2016-10-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.