Is CVE-2016-5652 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-5652 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-5652?

CVE-2016-5652 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-5652?

CVE-2016-5652 has an EPSS score of 4.30% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5652?

Upgrade tiff on debian 11 to 4.0.6-3 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-5652

HIGHEPSS 90th pctl

7.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An exploitable heap-based buffer overflow exists in the handling of TIFF images in LibTIFF's TIFF2PDF tool. A crafted TIFF document can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow resulting in remote code execution. Vulnerability can be triggered via a saved TIFF file delivered by other means.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

tiffDebian

Fixed in:4.0.6-3CVE-2016-5652

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 ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

4.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

talosintelligence.com

Other references4

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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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.