CVE-2006-2120

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-05-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The TIFFToRGB function in libtiff before 3.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted TIFF image with Yr/Yg/Yb values that exceed the YCR/YCG/YCB values, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Affected products

libtiff: 3.8.1

References

http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1065
http://secunia.com/advisories/19936
http://secunia.com/advisories/19949
http://secunia.com/advisories/19964
http://secunia.com/advisories/20023
http://secunia.com/advisories/20210
http://secunia.com/advisories/20330
http://secunia.com/advisories/20667
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-119.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1078
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:082

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