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CVE-2006-3459

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in...

7.5 HighPublic exploitFix available

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in Adobe Reader 9.3.0 and other products, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, including a large tdir_count value in the TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c.

Exploit likelihood

56.3%Down 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in Adobe Reader 9.3.0 and other products, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, including a large tdir_count value in the TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c.

Record
CVE-2006-3459
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in Adobe Reader 9.3.0 and other products, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, including a large tdir_count value in the TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c.

Record
CVE-2006-3459
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-3454 No score

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in Adobe Reader 9.3.0 and other products, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, including a large tdir_count value in the TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c.

Record
EUVD-2006-3454
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m9p7-26x3-qmg3 No score

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in...

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in Adobe Reader 9.3.0 and other products, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, including a large tdir_count value in the TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c.

Record
GHSA-m9p7-26x3-qmg3
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in Adobe Reader 9.3.0 and other products, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, including a large tdir_count value in the TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c.

Record
CVE-2006-3459
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2006-3459 No score

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in Adobe Reader 9.3.0 and other products, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, including a large tdir_count value in the TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3459
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tiff
Debian:12
 before 3.8.2-6
3.8.2-6
tiff
Debian:13
 before 3.8.2-6
3.8.2-6
tiff
Debian:14
 before 3.8.2-6
3.8.2-6
tiff
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 3.7.2-7, plus listed versions
3.7.2-33.7.2-3sarge13.7.2-43.7.2-53.7.2-6
3.7.2-7
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.6.1-12
0:3.6.1-12
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.6.1-12
0:3.6.1-12
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.6.1-12
0:3.6.1-12
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.6.1-12
0:3.6.1-12
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.6.1-12
0:3.6.1-12
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.6.1-12
0:3.6.1-12
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.6.1-12
0:3.6.1-12
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.6.1-12
0:3.6.1-12
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.6.1-12
0:3.6.1-12
libtiff
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.6.1-12
0:3.6.1-12
libtiff-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.6.1-12
0:3.6.1-12
libtiff-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:3.6.1-12
0:3.6.1-12
kdegraphics
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 7:3.1.3-3.10
7:3.1.3-3.10
kdegraphics-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 7:3.1.3-3.10
7:3.1.3-3.10
kdegraphics-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 7:3.1.3-3.10
7:3.1.3-3.10
kdegraphics
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 7:3.1.3-3.10
7:3.1.3-3.10
kdegraphics-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 7:3.1.3-3.10
7:3.1.3-3.10
kdegraphics-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 7:3.1.3-3.10
7:3.1.3-3.10
kdegraphics
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 7:3.1.3-3.10
7:3.1.3-3.10
kdegraphics-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 7:3.1.3-3.10
7:3.1.3-3.10
kdegraphics-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 7:3.1.3-3.10
7:3.1.3-3.10
kdegraphics
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 7:3.1.3-3.10
7:3.1.3-3.10
kdegraphics-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 7:3.1.3-3.10
7:3.1.3-3.10
kdegraphics-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 7:3.1.3-3.10
7:3.1.3-3.10

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
MetasploitApple iOS MobileSafari LibTIFF Buffer Overflow2006-08-01
MetasploitApple iOS MobileMail LibTIFF Buffer Overflow2006-08-01
Exploit-DBAdobe Reader PDF - LibTiff Integer Overflow Code Execution2010-03-17
Exploit-DBApple iPhone MobileSafari LibTIFF - 'browser' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1)2010-09-20
Exploit-DBApple iPhone MobileSafari LibTIFF - 'email' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2)2010-09-20
Exploit-DBiPhone MobileMail - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)2010-09-20
Exploit-DBApple iOS Mobile Safari - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)2012-10-09
Exploit-DBApple iOS Mobile Mail - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)2012-10-09

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, exploits, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-3459 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Libtiff, published August 2, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 56.3%, the 99th percentile. Fixed in tiff 3.8.2-6.

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