CVE-2004-0929

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-01-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the OJPEGVSetField function in tif_ojpeg.c for libtiff 3.6.1 and earlier, when compiled with the OJPEG_SUPPORT (old JPEG support) option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed TIFF image.

Affected products

libtiff: 3.6.1
Suse Linux: 1.0, 8, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1

References

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=154&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/129910
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_38_libtiff.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17843
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=154&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/129910
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_38_libtiff.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17843

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