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High Published: Aug 03, 2006 Modified: Apr 03, 2025

CVE-2006-3459

7.5 CVSS SCORE
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in Adobe Reader 9.3.0 and other products, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, including a large tdir_count value in the TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c.

CVSS Vector Details

Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Confidentiality P
Integrity P
Availability P

Affected Software Configurations

  • a libtiff libtiff * * * * * * * *
  • a libtiff libtiff 3.4 * * * * * * *
  • a libtiff libtiff 3.4 beta18 * * * * * *
  • a libtiff libtiff 3.4 beta24 * * * * * *
  • a libtiff libtiff 3.4 beta28 * * * * * *
  • a libtiff libtiff 3.4 beta29 * * * * * *
  • a libtiff libtiff 3.4 beta31 * * * * * *
  • a libtiff libtiff 3.4 beta32 * * * * * *
  • a libtiff libtiff 3.4 beta34 * * * * * *
  • a libtiff libtiff 3.4 beta35 * * * * * *

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-119

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