CVE-2006-3459

Apple iPhone MobileSafari LibTIFF - 'browser' Remote Buffer Overflow

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2, as used in Adobe Reader 9.3.0 and other products, allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, including a large tdir_count value in the TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c.

Múltiples desbordamientos de búfer basados en pila en la librería TIFF (libtiff)anterior a 3.8.2 permiten a atacantes locales o remotos (dependiendo del contexto) provocar una denegación de servicio y posiblemente ejecutar código de su elección a través de vectores desconocidos, incluyendo un valor grande de tdir_count en la función TIFFFetchShortPair de tif_dirread.c

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Adobe Reader X. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within because Adobe Reader X includes an old version of libtiff. Adobe can be tricked in using this library by parsing a specially crafted PDF file containing U3D data. Due to the old version of libtiff Adobe Reader is vulnerable to the issue described in CVE-2006-3459 which can be leveraged to execute remote code under the context of the user running the application.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-07-10 CVE Reserved
2006-08-03 CVE Published
2010-03-17 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-07-06 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (55)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/21290	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016628	Vdb Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016671	Vdb Entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.osvdb.org/27723	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19283	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289	Vdb Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101	Vdb Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-558	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11497	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16862	2010-09-20
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16868	2010-09-20
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16869	2010-09-20
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21869	2012-10-09
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21868	2012-10-09
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11787	2010-03-17

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1137	2017-10-11

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P	2017-10-11
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc	2017-10-11
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html	2017-10-11
http://lwn.net/Alerts/194228	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/21274	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/21304	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/21319	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/21334	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/21338	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/21346	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/21370	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/21392	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/21501	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/21537	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/21598	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/21632	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/27181	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/27222	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/27832	2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/blog/76	2017-10-11
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.536600	2017-10-11
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103160-1	2017-10-11
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201331-1	2017-10-11
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-07.xml	2017-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:136	2017-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:137	2017-10-11
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_44_libtiff.html	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0603.html	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0648.html	2017-10-11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-330-1	2017-10-11
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3105	2017-10-11
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3486	2017-10-11
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4034	2017-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3459	2006-08-28
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=199111	2006-08-28

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	<= 3.8.1 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version " <= 3.8.1"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.4 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.4"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.4 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.4"	beta18	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.4 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.4"	beta24	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.4 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.4"	beta28	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.4 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.4"	beta29	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.4 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.4"	beta31	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.4 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.4"	beta32	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.4 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.4"	beta34	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.4 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.4"	beta35	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.4 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.4"	beta36	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.4 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.4"	beta37	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.5.1 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.5.1"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.5.2 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.5.2"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.5.3 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.5.3"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.5.4 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.5.4"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.5.5 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.5.5"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.5.6 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.5.6"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.5.6 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.5.6"	beta	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.5.7 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.5.7"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.5.7 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.5.7"	alpha	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.5.7 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.5.7"	alpha2	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.5.7 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.5.7"	alpha3	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.5.7 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.5.7"	alpha4	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.5.7 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.5.7"	beta	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.6.0 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.6.0"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.6.0 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.6.0"	beta	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.6.0 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.6.0"	beta2	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.6.1 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.6.1"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.7.0 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.7.0"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.7.0 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.7.0"	alpha	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.7.0 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.7.0"	beta	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.7.0 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.7.0"	beta2	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.7.1 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.7.1"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.7.2 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.7.2"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.7.3 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.7.3"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.7.4 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.7.4"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe
Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff"	Libtiff Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff"	3.8.0 Search vendor "Libtiff" for product "Libtiff" and version "3.8.0"	-	Affected	in	Adobe Search vendor "Adobe"	Acrobat Reader Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader"	9.3.0 Search vendor "Adobe" for product "Acrobat Reader" and version "9.3.0"	-	Safe