CVE-2006-3463: libtiff

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-3463 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in libtiff. EPSS estimates a 2.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

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

Description

The EstimateStripByteCounts function in TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 uses a 16-bit unsigned short when iterating over an unsigned 32-bit value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a large td_nstrips value, which triggers an infinite loop.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.