CVE-2006-2120

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    CVE-2006-2120

    Published: 1 May 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The TIFFToRGB function in libtiff before 3.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TIFF image with Yr/Yg/Yb values that exceed the YCR/YCG/YCB values, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/19936, http://secunia.com/advisories/19949, http://secunia.com/advisories/19964, http://secunia.com/advisories/20023, http://secunia.com/advisories/20210, http://secunia.com/advisories/20330, http://secunia.com/advisories/20667, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1078, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:082, http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1065, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189974, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-119.htm, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0425.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17809, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9572, https://usn.ubuntu.com/277-1/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High