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CVE-2006-2026 EXPLOIT

6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.7% (pctl 95)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Double free vulnerability in tif_jpeg.c in libtiff before 3.8.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image that triggers errors related to "setfield/getfield methods in cleanup functions."

Scoring

CVSS6.5 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS9.74% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2006-04-25
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
libtifflibtiff

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbLibTiff 3.x - Double-Free Memory Corruption2008-04-28

References

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