CVE-2013-4243

libtiff < 4.0.3 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via GIF Image Height and Width Values

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted height and width values in a GIF image.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0223.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62082
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2744
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54543
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54628

Scores

EPSS 0.1871
EPSS Percentile 95.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (28)
debian/debian_linux 6.0
debian/debian_linux 7.0
libtiff/libtiff 3.4 (11 CPE variants)
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.1
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.2
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.3
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.4
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.5
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.6 (2 CPE variants)
libtiff/libtiff 3.5.7 (6 CPE variants)
... and 18 more
Published Sep 10, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026