CVE-2006-3464

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    CVE-2006-3464

    Published: 3 Aug 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 allows context-dependent attackers to pass numeric range checks and possibly execute code, and trigger assert errors, via large offset values in a TIFF directory that lead to an integer overflow and other unspecified vectors involving "unchecked arithmetic operations".

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P, http://secunia.com/advisories/21274, http://secunia.com/advisories/21290, http://secunia.com/advisories/21304, http://secunia.com/advisories/21319, http://secunia.com/advisories/21334, http://secunia.com/advisories/21338, http://secunia.com/advisories/21346, http://secunia.com/advisories/21370, http://secunia.com/advisories/21392, http://secunia.com/advisories/21501, http://secunia.com/advisories/21537, http://secunia.com/advisories/21598, http://secunia.com/advisories/21632, http://secunia.com/advisories/22036, http://secunia.com/advisories/27832, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1137, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:136, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:137, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_44_libtiff.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0603.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0648.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-330-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3105, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4034, ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1137, http://lwn.net/Alerts/194228/, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016628, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.536600, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103160-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201331-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-07.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19286, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-558, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10916

    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