UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4243

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4243

    Published: 10 Sept 2013Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4243
    Aliases:
    USN-2205-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4243, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2205-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4243

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tiff

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    4.0.2-4ubuntu3
    4.0.3-5ubuntu1
    4.0.3-6
    4.0.3-6ubuntu1
    4.0.3-7

    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