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CVE-2006-2024 json

Multiple vulnerabilities in libtiff before 3.8.1 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a TIFF image that trigg…

published 2006-04-25 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2025

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.9%
EPSS 8.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.8.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2024

  • kdegraphics RHEL 3 7:3.1.3-3.10
  • libtiff RHEL 3 3.5.7-25.el3.1
  • libtiff RHEL 4 3.6.1-10

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0648RHSA-2006:0425

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-2024 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 kdegraphics 3.1.3-3.10, libtiff 3.5.7-25.el3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 kdegraphics 3.1.3-3.10, libtiff 3.5.7-25.el3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0648
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0425
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 kdegraphics 3.1.3-3.10, libtiff 3.5.7-25.el3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0648
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0425
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 kdegraphics 3.1.3-3.10, libtiff 3.5.7-25.el3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0648
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0425

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-27762)

Exploit prediction

8.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27762 LibTiff 3.x - Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities dos, 2006-04-28
  • bugzilla.remotesensing.org http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1102 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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