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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-3462 · published 3 August 2006

CVE-2006-3462: Libtiff memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Libtiff · Libtiff

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.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.3% · top 7.7% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
5.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
94References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304063
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
http://lwn.net/Alerts/194228/
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21274 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21290 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21304 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21319 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21334 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21338 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21346 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21370 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21392 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21501 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21537 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21598 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21632 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27181 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27222 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27832 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016628
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016671
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.536600
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103160-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201331-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1137 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-07.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:136
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:137
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_44_libtiff.html
http://www.osvdb.org/27726
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0603.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0648.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19282
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-330-1

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-3462), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.