CVE-2004-0803

HIGH 7.5CVE-2004-0803 · Published 23/12/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2004-0803 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting libtiff (libtiff), pdf library (pdflib), wxgtk2 (wxgtk2).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 8.3%, higher than 94.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
libtiff libtiff	`= 3.4= 3.5.1= 3.5.2= 3.5.3= 3.5.4= 3.5.5= 3.5.7= 3.6.0= 3.6.1`	No fix yet
pdf library pdflib	`= 5.0.2`	No fix yet
wxgtk2 wxgtk2	`= 2.5_.0`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the RLE (run length encoding) decoders for libtiff 3.6.1 and earlier, related to buffer overflows and integer overflows, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via TIFF files.

References

distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php
marc.info
scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2004-006.txt
secunia.com/advisories/12818
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do
debian.org/security/2004/dsa-567 · Patch
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-11.xml
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/948752 · Third Party Advisory
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

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