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tiff — security advisory
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.
- Products
- tiff
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.8.0-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2006-0405
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:12 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0405
tiff
Fixed versions: 3.8.0-2
tiff
Fixed versions: 3.8.0-2
tiff
Fixed versions: 3.8.0-2
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0405",
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"modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:23.588094138Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 410410,
"published_at": "2006-01-25T02:03:00+00:00"
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