7.5

CVE-2006-3459: libtiff

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-3459
Published 03-08-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-3459 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 53.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 8 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
51/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
53.68%
0%100%
Critical · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits8exploit-database, metasploit

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
DSA-1137-1RHSA-2006:0603RHSA-2006:0648

Timeline

  1. 03-08-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

53.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 53.68% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
53.68%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

8 found
  • exploit-databaseremotehardwareVerified

    Apple iPhone MobileSafari LibTIFF - 'browser' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaseremotehardwareVerified

    Apple iPhone MobileSafari LibTIFF - 'email' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaseremotehardwareVerified

    iPhone MobileMail - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

    Maturity: weaponized

Show all 8 exploits
  • exploit-databaseremoteiosVerified

    Apple iOS Mobile Mail - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaseremoteiosVerified

    Apple iOS Mobile Safari - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaselocalwindowsVerified

    Adobe Reader PDF - LibTiff Integer Overflow Code Execution

    Maturity: weaponized

  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteVerified

    Apple iOS MobileSafari LibTIFF Buffer Overflow

    exploit/apple_ios/browser/safari_libtiff

    Maturity: weaponized

  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteVerified

    Apple iOS MobileMail LibTIFF Buffer Overflow

    exploit/apple_ios/email/mobilemail_libtiff

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • tiff< 3.8.2-6
Libtiff1 product
  • libtiff≤ 3.8.1 | 3.4 | 3.4:beta18 | 3.4:beta24 | 3.4:beta28 | 3.4:beta29 | 3.4:beta31 | 3.4:beta32 | 3.4:beta34 | 3.4:beta35 | 3.4:beta36 | 3.4:beta37 | 3.5.1 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3 | 3.5.4 | 3.5.5 | 3.5.6 | 3.5.6:beta | 3.5.7 | 3.5.7:alpha | 3.5.7:alpha2 | 3.5.7:alpha3 | 3.5.7:alpha4 | 3.5.7:beta | 3.6.0 | 3.6.0:beta | 3.6.0:beta2 | 3.6.1 | 3.7.0 | 3.7.0:alpha | 3.7.0:beta | 3.7.0:beta2 | 3.7.1 | 3.7.2 | 3.7.3 | 3.7.4 | 3.8.0

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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