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CVE-2004-0804 json

Vulnerability in tif_dirread.c for libtiff allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a TIFF image that c…

published 2004-10-16 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0802

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vulnerability in tif_dirread.c for libtiff allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a TIFF image that causes a divide-by-zero error when the number of row bytes is zero, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2452.

Patch / fix

  • libtiff libtiff 3.7.0
  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.6.1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0804

  • tetex RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.7
  • tetex-afm RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.7
  • tetex-xdvi RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.7
  • tetex-dvips RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.7
  • tetex-fonts RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.7
  • tetex-latex RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.7
  • kdegraphics RHEL 3 7:3.1.3-3.7
  • libtiff RHEL 3 3.5.7-20.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:354RHSA-2005:021RHSA-2004:577

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0804 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 tetex 1.0.7-67.7, libtiff 3.5.7-20.1, tetex-afm 1.0.7-67.7, kdegraphics 3.1.3-3.7, tetex-xdvi 1.0.7-67.7, tetex-dvips 1.0.7-67.7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 tetex 1.0.7-67.7, libtiff 3.5.7-20.1, tetex-afm 1.0.7-67.7, kdegraphics 3.1.3-3.7, tetex-xdvi 1.0.7-67.7, tetex-dvips 1.0.7-67.7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 tetex 1.0.7-67.7, libtiff 3.5.7-20.1, tetex-afm 1.0.7-67.7, kdegraphics 3.1.3-3.7, tetex-xdvi 1.0.7-67.7, tetex-dvips 1.0.7-67.7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 tetex 1.0.7-67.7, libtiff 3.5.7-20.1, tetex-afm 1.0.7-67.7, kdegraphics 3.1.3-3.7, tetex-xdvi 1.0.7-67.7, tetex-dvips 1.0.7-67.7, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:021

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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