Buffer overflow in Libtiff

CVE-2006-3462

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NeXT RLE decoder in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors involving decoding large RLE images.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.052 (91.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Libtiff
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE)
secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)