CVE-2013-4244

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    CVE-2013-4244

    Published: 28 Sept 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0223.html, http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2452, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996468, https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/ce6841d9e41d621ba23cf18b190ee6a23b2cc833

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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