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CVE-2006-2024: libtiff

CVSS: 4.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-2024
Published 25-04-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-2024 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 8.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.85%
0%100%
Low · +0.20 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
DSA-1054-1RHSA-2006:0425RHSA-2006:0648

Timeline

  1. 25-04-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in libtiff before 3.8.1 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a TIFF image that triggers errors in (1) the TIFFFetchAnyArray function in (a) tif_dirread.c; (2) certain "codec cleanup methods" in (b) tif_lzw.c, (c) tif_pixarlog.c, and (d) tif_zip.c; (3) and improper restoration of setfield and getfield methods in cleanup functions within (e) tif_jpeg.c, tif_pixarlog.c, (f) tif_fax3.c, and tif_zip.c.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.85%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.20 pp

From 8.65% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
8.85%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.remotesensing.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified

    LibTiff 3.x - Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • tiff< 3.8.1
Libtiff1 product
  • libtiff≤ 3.8.0 | 3.4 | 3.5.1 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3 | 3.5.4 | 3.5.5 | 3.5.6 | 3.5.7 | 3.6.0 | 3.6.1 | 3.7.0 | 3.7.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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