The EstimateStripByteCounts function in TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 uses a 16-bit unsigned short when iterating over an unsigned…

Description

The EstimateStripByteCounts function in TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 uses a 16-bit unsigned short when iterating over an unsigned 32-bit value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a large td_nstrips value, which triggers an infinite loop.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (37)

• ADV-2007-3486 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 21501 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:136 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 21537 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21632 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200608-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 21338 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-330-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1016628 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• DSA-1137 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 21370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21598 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0648 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:137 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 27222 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-4034 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10639 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 21290 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21274 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3105 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 27181 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0603 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 21304 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SSA:2006-230-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-558 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 27832 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21346 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 201331 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 19284 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 21319 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21392 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21334 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22036 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 2006-0044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
• 103160 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_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)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 18:30 UTC.