High 7.8Published Aug 2, 2006

CVE-2006-3463The EstimateStripByteCounts function in TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 uses a 16-bit unsigned short when iterating over an unsigned 32-bit value, which allows context-dependent attackers to caus…

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The EstimateStripByteCounts function in TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 uses a 16-bit unsigned short when iterating over an unsigned 32-bit value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a large td_nstrips value, which triggers an infinite loop.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

libtiff libtiff libtiff:libtiff	through 3.8.1	NVD

References

References

http://lwn.net/Alerts/194228/
http://secunia.com/advisories/21274	vendor-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21290	vendor-advisory
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
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