TI-2006-00391 Aliases CVE-2006-0405 GHSA-cghf-hqpf-m9f9

The TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.8.0 allows remote attackers…

LOW 28Published 2006-01-25 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02893 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.8.0:::::::*	3.8.0	Vulnerable	libtiff

cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.8.0 Vulnerable ·libtiff

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-0405
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cghf-hqpf-m9f9

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

TI-2023-28739 Libtiff: segment fault in libtiff in tiffreadrgbatileext() leading to denial of service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2023-10746 libtiff 4.5.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via extractContigSamplesBytes() at /libtiff/tools/tiffcrop.c:3215. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-03639 LibTIFF tif_getimage.c TIFFReadRGBATileExt integer overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-05765 Libtiff: out-of-memory in tiffopen via a craft file CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2022-03286 Out-of-bounds write in libtiff CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
TI-2006-03352 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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