CVE-2006-0405

N/A Unknown
Published: January 25, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

The TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted TIFF image that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, possibly due to changes in type declarations and/or the TIFFVSetField function.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1029
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/18587
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20345
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-17.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18172
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0302
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24275
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1029
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18587
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20345
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-17.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18172
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0302
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24275
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.8%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

libtiff