Stack-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
Published May 14, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 14.39%
Description
Stack-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.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.4
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 3.5.4
- 3.5.5
- 3.5.6
- 3.5.7
- 3.6.0
- 3.6.1
- 3.7.0
- 3.7.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libtiff as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 14.39% (0.14394) | 96.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 14.39% (0.14394) | 96.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 15.65% (0.15653) | 94.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 18.59% (0.18586) | 92.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 15.65% (0.15653) | 94.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 39.21% (0.39209) | 97.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 20, 2024 | 33.52% (0.33525) | 97.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 37.24% (0.37242) | 96.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 42.88% (0.42881) | 98.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 42.88% (0.42881) | 97.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (19)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.3/SCOSA-2006.3.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.34/SCOSA-2005.34.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91584 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=843 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15320 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16872 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18289 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18943 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013944 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-755 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-07.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:042 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.osvdb.org/16350 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13585 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-130-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1544 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20533 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1544
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1544
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