CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1255

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow vulnerability in the expandtabs function in 2fax 3.04 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted text file that is converted to TIFF format.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely take control of the system running the vulnerable 2fax program, potentially compromising data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

Immediately update 2fax to the latest available version that includes a fix for this vulnerability. If an update is not possible, restrict access to the text-to-TIFF conversion service to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in the expandtabs function in 2fax 3.04 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a text file that is converted to TIFF.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS