CVE-2005-2452

Description

libtiff up to 3.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a TIFF image header with a zero "YCbCr subsampling" value, which causes a divide-by-zero error in (1) tif_strip.c and (2) tif_tile.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0804.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.34% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12008
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:143	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16486	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:144	vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/156-1/	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16266	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14417	vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:142	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2452?: CVE-2005-2452 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2452?: To fix CVE-2005-2452, 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-2005-2452 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2452 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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