CVE-2013-4243

N/A Unknown
Published: September 10, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2451
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/54543
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54628
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62082
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2451
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0223.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/54543
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54628
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2744
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62082
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996052
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
18.7%
95th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

debian libtiff