CVE-2006-2656
Stack-based buffer overflow in the tiffsplit command in libtiff 3.8.2 and earlier might might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: tiffsplit is not setuid. If there is
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the tiffsplit command in libtiff 3.8.2 and earlier might might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: tiffsplit is not setuid. If there is
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 14.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-23.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-05-30 18:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 17:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-05-30
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 72462c4dd3cfc8a0deb2e7aa070caf054bd8988d5ad2ee729008cd00e021e7d9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2006-591https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2006-May/msg00127.html
- secunia.com20520http://secunia.com/advisories/20520
- secunia.com20766http://secunia.com/advisories/20766
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200607-03http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-03.xml
- secunia.com20501http://secunia.com/advisories/20501
- www.debian.orgDSA-1091http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1091
- lists.suse.comSUSE-SR:2006:014http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0008.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:095http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:095
- secunia.com21002http://secunia.com/advisories/21002
- marc.info20060524 tiffsplit (libtiff <= 3.8.2) bss & stack buffer overflow...http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=114857412916909&w=2
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-289-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/289-1/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tiff Fixed in 3.8.2-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tiff Fixed in 3.8.2-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tiff Fixed in 3.8.2-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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