Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 8, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-2193
CVE-2006-2193
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.
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Affected products
16cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 15 more
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.8.2
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=3.8.2
Patches
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References
26- secunia.com/advisories/20488nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1091nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitPatch
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0008.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20501nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20520nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20693nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20766nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21002nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27181nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27222nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27832nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31670nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-03.xmlnvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0848.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18331nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2197nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3486nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4034nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26991nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9788nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/289-1/nvd
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