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CVE-2004-0803

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0803 describes multiple vulnerabilities, including buffer and integer overflows, within the RLE decoders of libtiff 3.6.1 and earlier, impacting various products like Apple, KDE, and Red Hat. These flaws allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious TIFF files. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (e.g., Metasploit, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0827 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.5.7-20.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kdegraphics-7:3.1.3-3.7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: tetex-0:1.0.7-67.7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0803Important

security flaw

Oct 13, 2004

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes/index.php
marc.info
scary.beasts.org / security/CESA-2004-006.txt
secunia.com / advisories/12818
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17703
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100114
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8896
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-567
PatchVendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-11.xml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/948752
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
kde.org / info/security/advisory-20041209-2.txt
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2004_38_libtiff.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-577.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-021.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-354.html
securityfocus.com / bid/11406