Stack-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2006-3459

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Stack-based buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2006-3459

Published: August 3, 2006 / Updated: July 25, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31846
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-3459
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing unspecified vectors, including a large tdir_count value in the TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

LibTIFF
tiff (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2006-3459

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

tiff (Alpine package) - update to 3.9.5-r0

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