CVE-2006-2656
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2006-2656 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2006-05-30 18:02:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-09-23 13:10:00 UTC |
| Description | Stack-based buffer overflow in the tiffsplit command in libtiff 3.8.2 and earlier might might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: tiffsplit is not setuid. If there is not a common scenario under which tiffsplit is called with attacker-controlled command line arguments, then perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE. |
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: 0.144150000 probability, percentile 0.964650000 (date 2026-09-23)
Problem Types: CWE-119 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libTIFF: Multiple buffer overflows | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Ubuntu update for tiff - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| USN-289-1: tiff vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | usn.ubuntu.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora Core 4 Update: libtiff-3.7.1-6.fc4.2 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Patch |
| Gentoo update for tiff - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| marc.info | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| Advisories - Mandriva Linux | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1091-1 tiff | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2006:014 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.suse.com | |
| Debian update for tiff - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| 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 | 2008-08-12 | Mark J Cox | This issue was addressed in libtiff packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0603.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.