# CVE-2005-2452: libtiff up to 3.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a TIFF image header with a zero "YCbCr subs

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-08-03 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

libtiff up to 3.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a TIFF image header with a zero "YCbCr subsampling" value, which causes a divide-by-zero error in (1) tif_strip.c and (2) tif_tile.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0804.

## What to do

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## References

- https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12008
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:143
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16486
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:144
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/156-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16266
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14417
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:142

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