CVE-2004-1308

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in (1) tif_dirread.c and (2) tif_fax3.c for libtiff 3.5.7 and 3.7.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TIFF file containing a TIFF_ASCII or TIFF_UNDEFINED directory entry with a -1 entry count, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

libtiff: 3.4, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5 (+4)

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000920
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/13776
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101677-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201072-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-617
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=174&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/125598
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:052
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_01_libtiff_tiff.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-019.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-035.html

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