What is CVE-2006-3459?

CVE-2006-3459 is a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2006-08-03.

Is CVE-2006-3459 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat Reader

CVE-2006-3459

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2006-08-03 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.537 (99.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.537 · newest: 0.537 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Acrobat Reader — versions 9.3.0
Libtiff — versions 3.4, 3.5.1, 3.5.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3486 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/21501 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/21537 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/21632 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-07.xml (vendor-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/21338 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-330-1 (vendor-advisory)
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-3459?: CVE-2006-3459 is a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2006-08-03.
Is CVE-2006-3459 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.