7.5

CVE-2006-3461: libtiff

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-3461
Published 03-08-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-3461 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 5.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.32%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3

Timeline

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

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PixarLog decoder in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.32% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
5.32%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • tiff< 3.8.2-6
Libtiff1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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