CVE-2006-2120 (GCVE-0-2006-2120)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-05-01 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:35
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1078 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advis… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
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http://secunia.com/advisories/20023 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2006-04-26 00:00
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