CVE-2006-3463

N/A
Published: August 3, 2006 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibTIFF

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

The EstimateStripByteCounts function in TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 uses a 16-bit unsigned short when iterating over an unsigned 32-bit value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a large td_nstrips value, which triggers an infinite loop.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 3.8.1

References (39)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
http://lwn.net/Alerts/194228/
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21274
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21290
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21304
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21319
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21334

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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