The TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• ADV-2006-0302 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1029 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 18172 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• GLSA-200605-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 20345 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• libtiff-tiffvsetfield-dos(24275) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 18587 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 16:34 UTC.