CVE-2006-2193
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2006-2193 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | debian |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2006-06-08 19:06:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the t2p_write_pdf_string function in tiff2pdf in libtiff 3.8.2 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a TIFF file with a DocumentName tag that contains UTF-8 characters, which triggers the overflow when a character is sign extended to an integer that produces more digits than expected in an sprintf call. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 0.006400000 probability, percentile 0.705680000 (date 2026-04-20)
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.5.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.5.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | 3.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Libtiff | Libtiff | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Sun Solaris libTIFF Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Advisories - Mandriva Linux | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libTIFF: Multiple buffer overflows | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.remotesensing.org | Exploit, Patch |
| LibTIFF tiff2pdf Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Ubuntu update for tiff - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| USN-289-1: tiff vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | usn.ubuntu.com | |
| Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for libtiff | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| #370355 - libtiff-tools: tiff2pdf segfault - Debian Bug report logs | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugs.debian.org | |
| Gentoo update for tiff - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Sun Solaris libtiff Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1091-1 tiff | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2006:014 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.suse.com | |
| LibTIFF tiff2pdf Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Debian update for tiff - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Sun Solaris libtiff Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Red Hat update for libtiff - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2008-09-02 | Mark J Cox | This issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3 This issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0848.html Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.