VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-0405
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…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.89%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.89% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- libtiff/libtiff
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1029
- http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18587Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20345Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-17.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18172
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0302Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24275
- http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1029
- http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18587Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20345Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-17.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18172
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0302Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24275
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.