Is CVE-2016-3945 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-3945 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-3945?

CVE-2016-3945 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-3945?

CVE-2016-3945 has an EPSS score of 3.38% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3945?

Upgrade tiff on debian 11 to 4.0.7-1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-3945

HIGHEPSS 87th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) cvt_by_strip and (2) cvt_by_tile functions in the tiff2rgba tool in LibTIFF 4.0.6 and earlier, when -b mode is enabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

CWE-190Integer Overflow CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

tiffDebian

Fixed in:4.0.7-1CVE-2016-3945

libtiff-toolsUbuntu

Fixed in:4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6USN-3212-1

Fixed in:4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1USN-3212-1

libtiff5Ubuntu

Fixed in:4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6USN-3212-1

Fixed in:4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1USN-3212-1

tiffUbuntu

Fixed in:4.0.3-7ubuntu0.6USN-3212-1

Fixed in:4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1USN-3212-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

oracle.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Issue Tracking2

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-190 (Integer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11477	High	7.5	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-44443	High	7.8	94%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0569	High	9.3	90%	-	-
CVE-2017-3599	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21716	Critical	9.8	82%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.