MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-2025

Libtiff vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
10.5%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Integer overflow in the TIFFFetchData function in tif_dirread.c for libtiff before 3.8.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image.
Affected vendor
Libtiff
Affected product
Libtiff
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-04-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Libtiff Libtiff is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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