CVE-2006-0405
The TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.8.0 allows remote attackers to...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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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.
- Record
CVE-2006-0405- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2006-0405- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-0412 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2006-0412- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cghf-hqpf-m9f9 No score
The TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.8.0 allows remote attackers to...
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.
- Record
GHSA-cghf-hqpf-m9f9- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2006-0405- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2006-0405 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0405- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1 No score
libtiff-devel-32bit-4.3.0-1.3 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the libtiff-devel-32bit-4.3.0-1.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11461-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-0405 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Libtiff, published January 25, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.89%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in tiff 3.8.0-2.
References
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0302
bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1029
securityfocus.com/bid/18172
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-17.xml
secunia.com/advisories/20345
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24275
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0405
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cghf-hqpf-m9f9
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0405
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0405