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CVE-2006-2656

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2656 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the tiffsplit command within libtiff versions 3.8.2 and earlier. An attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code by providing a specially crafted, long filename as input to tiffsplit. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV or Hot List entry), public exploit code exists, and its EPSS score suggests a higher-than-average likelihood of exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1831 · May 26, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1442 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.5.7-25.el3.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.6.1-12
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-2656Low

tiffsplit buffer overflow

May 25, 2006

References

lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0008.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/20501
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20520
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20766
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21002
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200607-03.xml
usn.ubuntu.com / 289-1
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2006-May/msg00127.html
Patch
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1091
mandriva.com / security/advisories