UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4244

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4244

    Published: 28 Sept 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4244
    Aliases:
    USN-2205-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4244, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2205-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4244

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tiff

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.0.3-5ubuntu1

    Affected versions

    4.0.2-4ubuntu3

    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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