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CVE-2004-1183

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1183 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the tiffdump utility within libtiff versions 3.7.1 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted TIFF file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, high attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei, or entries in ExploitDB. Despite its age and lack of current exploit intelligence, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions.

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

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0388 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

gentoopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.5.7-22.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.6.1-8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-1183Low

security flaw

Jan 5, 2005

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/13728
secunia.com / advisories/13776
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200501-06.xml
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18782
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9743
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-626
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_01_libtiff_tiff.html
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-019.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-035.html
securityfocus.com / bid/12173