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CVE-2006-3459 in the critical feed json

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in Adobe Reader 9.3.0 and other products, allow c…

published 2006-08-03 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-3454

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
56.3%
EPSS 56.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
8
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in Adobe Reader 9.3.0 and other products, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, including a large tdir_count value in the TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c.

Patch / fix

  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.8.2-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3459

  • kdegraphics RHEL 3 7:3.1.3-3.10
  • libtiff RHEL 3 3.5.7-25.el3.4
  • libtiff RHEL 4 3.6.1-12

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0648RHSA-2006:0603

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-2006-3459 updated

Multiple libtiff flaws (CVE-2006-3460 CVE-2006-3461 CVE-2006-3462 CVE-2006-3463 CVE-2006-3464 CVE-2006-3465)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 kdegraphics 3.1.3-3.10, libtiff 3.5.7-25.el3.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 kdegraphics 3.1.3-3.10, libtiff 3.5.7-25.el3.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0648
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-12 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-12
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0603
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 kdegraphics 3.1.3-3.10, libtiff 3.5.7-25.el3.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0648
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-12
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0603
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 kdegraphics 3.1.3-3.10, libtiff 3.5.7-25.el3.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0648
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 libtiff 3.6.1-12
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0603

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/apple_ios/browser/safari_libtiff)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

56.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.