CVE-2006-0405

libtiff 3.8.0 - Denial of Service via TIFFFetchShortPair NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm

Description

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 (8)

Core 8

Core References

Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0302

Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc

http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1029

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18172

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-17.xml

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/20345

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24275

Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc

http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/18587

Scores

EPSS 0.0184

EPSS Percentile 83.2%

Details

Status published

Products (1)

libtiff/libtiff 3.8.0

Published Jan 25, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026