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
Published Jan 25, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.89%
Description
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.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of libtiff as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.89% (0.02893) | 86.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.83% (0.02826) | 84.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.84% (0.01836) | 81.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 1, 2025 | 4.15% (0.04153) | 92.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.89% (0.07888) | 94.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2023 | 6.32% (0.06321) | 92.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.13% (0.05125) | 91.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1029 x_refsource_MISC
- http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18587 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20345 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-17.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18172 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0302 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0405 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24275 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0405
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0405
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1029 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18587 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20345 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-17.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18172 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0302 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0405 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24275 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0405 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0405 |
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