CVE-2005-1544

Summary

CVECVE-2005-1544
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-14 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in libTIFF before 3.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TIFF file with a malformed BitsPerSample tag.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.2 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.3 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.4 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.5 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.6 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.7 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.6.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.6.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-755-1 tiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
usn/usn-130-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.3/SCOSA-2006.3.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
www.osvdb.org/16350 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - LibTIFF TIFFOpen() 'BitsPerSample' Buffer Overflow Error May Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - libTIFF BitsPerSample Tag Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for libtiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - SCO OpenServer update for libtiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.remotesensing.org
LibTIFF TIFFOpen Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libTIFF: Buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Secunia - Advisories - Unixware update for Libtiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Bug 91584 - media-libs/tiff: buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Patch
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.34/SCOSA-2005.34.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-30Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libtiff as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

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