CVE-2013-4244
libtiff < 4.0.3 - Denial of Service and Possible Remote Code Execution via GIF LZW Decompression
Title source: llmDescription
The LZW decompressor in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0223.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/ce6841d9e41d621ba23cf18b190ee6a23b2cc833
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2452
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996468
Scores
EPSS
0.0065
EPSS Percentile
71.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (27)
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)
libtiff/libtiff
3.6.0 (3 CPE variants)
libtiff/libtiff
3.6.1
... and 17 more
Published
Sep 28, 2013
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026