CVE-2016-8331: Libtiff

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 6.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Libtiff Libtiff: version 4.0.6 only

Published 2016-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.