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CVE-2006-3461

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3461 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the PixarLog decoder within the libtiff library, affecting versions prior to 3.8.2. This flaw could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its high CVSS score of 7.5, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0522 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (4)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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 3Fixed in: kdegraphics-7:3.1.3-3.10
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-2006-3461Important

Multiple libtiff flaws (CVE-2006-3460 CVE-2006-3461 CVE-2006-3462 CVE-2006-3463 CVE-2006-3464 CVE-2006-3465)

Aug 1, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P
patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
lwn.net / Alerts/194228
secunia.com / advisories/21253
secunia.com / advisories/21274
secunia.com / advisories/21290
secunia.com / advisories/21304
secunia.com / advisories/21319
secunia.com / advisories/21334
secunia.com / advisories/21338
secunia.com / advisories/21346
secunia.com / advisories/21370
secunia.com / advisories/21392
secunia.com / advisories/21501
secunia.com / advisories/21537
secunia.com / advisories/21598
secunia.com / advisories/21632
secunia.com / advisories/22036
secunia.com / advisories/27181
secunia.com / advisories/27222
secunia.com / advisories/27832
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-558
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9910
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-166.htm
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1137
PatchVendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-07.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_44_libtiff.html
osvdb.org / 27725
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0603.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0648.html
securityfocus.com / bid/19289
securityfocus.com / bid/19290
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-330-1
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3101
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3105
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3486
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4034