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CVE-2006-3463

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2006-08-03 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The EstimateStripByteCounts function in TIFF library (libtiff) before 3.8.2 uses a 16-bit unsigned short when iterating over an unsigned 32-bit value, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a large td_nstrips value, which triggers an infinite loop.

Affected Platforms

Libtiff Libtiff

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References