HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2004-1308

Libtiff vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
15.0%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Libtiff
Affected product
Libtiff
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2005-01-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 15.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2004-1308

  • Confirm whether Libtiff Libtiff is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2004-1308.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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