PT-2004-2185 · 2Fax · 2Fax

Published 2004-12-22 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1255

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: 2fax version 3.04

Description: A buffer overflow issue exists in the expandtabs function, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted text file that is converted to TIFF.

Recommendations: For version 3.04, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, if available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the conversion of text files to TIFF to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1255

Affected Products

2Fax

References · 3

• 🔥 http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/2fax.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1255 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10901 · Note