ID CVE-2006-0405
Summary The TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted TIFF image that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, possibly due to changes in type declarations and/or the TIFFVSetField function. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 5.0 (as of 20-07-2017 - 01:29)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE NONE PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
refmap via4
bid 18172
gentoo GLSA-200605-17
misc
secunia
  • 18587
  • 20345
vupen ADV-2006-0302
xf libtiff-tiffvsetfield-dos(24275)
statements via4
contributor Mark J Cox
lastmodified 2006-08-30
organization Red Hat
statement This issue did not affect the versions of libtiff as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
Last major update 20-07-2017 - 01:29
Published 25-01-2006 - 02:03
Last modified 20-07-2017 - 01:29
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