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TI-2006-03355 Aliases CVE-2006-3462GHSA-xjff-629w-p8r7

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NeXT RLE decoder in the TIFF library (libtiff) before…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05316 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.8.1Vulnerablelibtiff
  • cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.8.1 Vulnerable ·libtiff

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2006:0648 Released 2006-08-28 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kdegraphics security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 kdegraphics-7:3.1.3-3.10, kdegraphics-7:3.1.3-3.10.i386, kdegraphics-devel-7:3.1.3-3.10 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 kdegraphics-7:3.1.3-3.10, kdegraphics-7:3.1.3-3.10.i386, kdegraphics-7:3.1.3-3.10.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 kdegraphics-7:3.1.3-3.10, kdegraphics-7:3.1.3-3.10.i386, kdegraphics-7:3.1.3-3.10.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 kdegraphics-7:3.1.3-3.10, kdegraphics-7:3.1.3-3.10.i386, kdegraphics-7:3.1.3-3.10.ia64 +3
  • RHSA-2006:0603 Released 2006-08-02 · Red Hat rating Important
    libtiff security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 libtiff-3.5.7-25.el3.4, libtiff-3.5.7-25.el3.4.i386, libtiff-devel-3.5.7-25.el3.4 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 libtiff-3.5.7-25.el3.4, libtiff-3.5.7-25.el3.4.i386, libtiff-3.5.7-25.el3.4.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 libtiff-3.6.1-12, libtiff-3.6.1-12.i386, libtiff-3.6.1-12.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 libtiff-3.6.1-12, libtiff-3.6.1-12.i386, libtiff-devel-3.6.1-12 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 libtiff-3.5.7-25.el3.4, libtiff-3.5.7-25.el3.4.i386, libtiff-3.5.7-25.el3.4.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 libtiff-3.6.1-12, libtiff-3.6.1-12.i386, libtiff-3.6.1-12.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 libtiff-3.5.7-25.el3.4, libtiff-3.5.7-25.el3.4.i386, libtiff-3.5.7-25.el3.4.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 libtiff-3.6.1-12, libtiff-3.6.1-12.i386, libtiff-3.6.1-12.ia64 +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2006:0603, RHSA-2006:0648
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2006:0603, RHSA-2006:0648
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0603
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0603
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2006:0603, RHSA-2006:0648
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0603
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2006:0603, RHSA-2006:0648
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0603

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-3462
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xjff-629w-p8r7

References

Patch 1

Advisory 17

Other 5

  • 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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