DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0405

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0405

    Published: 25 Jan 2006Last Modified: 2 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2006-0405

    Summary:

    Details: The TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted TIFF image that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, possibly due to changes in type declarations and/or the TIFFVSetField function.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0405

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tiff

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/tiff?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.8.0-2

    Affected versions

    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