CVE-2006-3463 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the libtiff library, specifically affecting versions prior to 3.8.2. An attacker can trigger an infinite loop by providing a maliciously crafted TIFF file with a large td_nstrips value, due to an integer overflow in the EstimateStripByteCounts function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity to cause a complete denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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