CVE-2006-2193
tiff - buffer overflows
EPSS 0.64%
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.
How to fix CVE-2006-2193
To remediate CVE-2006-2193, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/tiff—upgrade to 3.8.2-4 or later
- —upgrade to 3.5.5-7woody2 or later
Is CVE-2006-2193 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.8.2-4
- from 0, < 3.5.5-7woody2