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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-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 not a common scenario under which tiffsplit is called with attacker-controlled command line arguments, then perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.

Products
tiff
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3.8.2-3
CVEs
CVE-2006-2656
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:12 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2656

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 May 2006, 18:02 UTC

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 not a common scenario under which tiffsplit is called with attacker-controlled command line arguments, then perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2656

tiff

Fixed versions: 3.8.2-3

tiff

Fixed versions: 3.8.2-3

tiff

Fixed versions: 3.8.2-3

Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "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 not a common scenario under which tiffsplit is called with attacker-controlled command line arguments, then perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2656",
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      {
        "name": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:23.953867332Z",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410423,
  "published_at": "2006-05-30T18:02:00+00:00"
}