CVEs / CVE-2006-3459
CVE-2006-3459: n/a n/a vulnerability
- high 7.5 CVSS 2.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 56.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in Adobe Reader 9.3.0 and other products, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, including a large tdir_count value in the TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 4 Nov 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 2.0 | 7.5 highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
References
- CVE-2006-3459 on NVD
- CVE-2006-3459 on OSV
- 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
- 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
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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