CVE-2004-0803

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the RLE (run length encoding) decoders for libtiff 3.6.1 and earlier, related to buffer overflows and integer overflows, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via TIFF files.

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 17.88% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-11.xml vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-577.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:109 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100114 vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-021.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109778785107450&w=2 mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8896 vdb entry signature
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201072-1 vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101677-1 vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_38_libtiff.html vendor advisory
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-006.txt
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000888 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:052 vendor advisory
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20041209-2.txt
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-354.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/12818 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17703 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11406 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-567 patch vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/948752 third party advisory us government resource

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0803?
CVE-2004-0803 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0803?
To fix CVE-2004-0803, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-0803 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2004-0803 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~18% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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