CVE-2006-2024
Multiple vulnerabilities in libtiff before 3.8.1 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a TIFF image that…
- 4.0MediumCVSS base score
- 8.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities in libtiff before 3.8.1 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a TIFF image that triggers errors in (1) the TIFFFetchAnyArray function in (a) tif_dirread.c; (2) certain "codec cleanup methods" in (b) tif_lzw.c, (c) tif_pixarlog.c, and (d) tif_zip.c; (3) and improper restoration of setfield and getfield methods in cleanup functions within (e) tif_jpeg.c, tif_pixarlog.c, (f) tif_fax3.c, and tif_zip.c.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- LibTiff 3.x - Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27762dos, linuxpublished 28 Apr 2006Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.9% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References27
- libtiff-tifffetchanyarray-dos(26133) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19851 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1563 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20210 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19949 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189933 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 103099 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- USN-277-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-200605-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20667 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9893 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1102 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 19936 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19964 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 201332 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 2006-0024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- 20345 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-119.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0425 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 19838 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20021 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:082 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 19897 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20023 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 17730 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-2025 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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