CVE-2006-2024 EXPLOIT
4.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.7% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.65% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-04-25 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| libtiff | libtiff |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | LibTiff 3.x - Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities | 2006-04-28 |
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060501-01-U.asc
- http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19851
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19897
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19964
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20021
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20023
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20210
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20345
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20667
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103099-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201332-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-119.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1054
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-17.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:082
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_28.html
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