CVE-2006-3462

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.03% Top 20%
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References

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ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3486 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21501 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:136 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21537 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21632 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-07.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21338 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-330-1 vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/27726 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016628 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1137 patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21370 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016671 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21598 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0648.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:137 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27222 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4034 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_44_libtiff.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21290 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21274 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3105 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27181 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11301 vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0603.html vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21304 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.536600 vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304063
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19282 vdb entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-558
http://secunia.com/advisories/27832 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21346 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201331-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21319 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21392 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21334 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lwn.net/Alerts/194228/ vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103160-1 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3462?
CVE-2006-3462 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3462?
To fix CVE-2006-3462, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-3462 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-3462 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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