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CVE-2006-3459 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P	CVE
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html	CVE
http://lwn.net/Alerts/194228/	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21274	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21290	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21304	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21319	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21334	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21338	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21346	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21370	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21392	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21501	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21537	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21598	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21632	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27181	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27222	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27832	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/blog/76	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016628	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016671	CVE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-558	CVE
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.536600	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11497	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103160-1	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201331-1	CVE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1137	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-07.xml	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:136	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:137	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_44_libtiff.html	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/27723	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0603.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0648.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19283	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-330-1	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3105	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3486	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4034	CVE	Vendor Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P	[email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc	[email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html	[email protected]
http://lwn.net/Alerts/194228/	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21274	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21290	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/21304	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21319	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21334	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21338	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21346	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21370	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21392	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21501	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21537	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21598	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21632	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27181	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27222	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27832	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/blog/76	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016628	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016671	[email protected]
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-558	[email protected]
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.536600	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11497	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103160-1	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201331-1	[email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1137	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-07.xml	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:136	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:137	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_44_libtiff.html	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/27723	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0603.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0648.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19283	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-330-1	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3105	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3486	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4034	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
libtiff libtiff	<= 3.8.1 3.4 3.4 beta18 3.4 beta24 3.4 beta28
CPE cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:beta18:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:beta24:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:beta28:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:beta29:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:beta31:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:beta32:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:beta34:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:beta35:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:beta36:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:beta37:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.6:beta:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.7:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.7:alpha2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.7:alpha3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.7:alpha4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.7:beta:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.6.0:beta:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.6.0:beta2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.7.0:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.7.0:beta:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.7.0:beta2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
adobe acrobat reader	9.3.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.3.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 4, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]