Is CVE-2006-0405 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-0405 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-0405?

CVE-2006-0405 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-0405?

CVE-2006-0405 has an EPSS score of 2.83% (85th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0405?

Upgrade tiff on debian 11 to 3.8.0-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-0405

MEDIUMEPSS 85th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The TIFFFetchShortPair function in tif_dirread.c in libtiff 3.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted TIFF image that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, possibly due to changes in type declarations and/or the TIFFVSetField function.

How to fix

Remediation Available

tiffDebian

Fixed in:3.8.0-2CVE-2006-0405

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.83%probability of exploitation in 30 days

85thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 85% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory3

Other references5

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.