CVE-2013-4244

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4244
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-09-28 19:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta18 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta24 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta28 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta29 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta31 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta32 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta34 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta35 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta36 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.4 beta37 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.2 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.3 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.4 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.5 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.6 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.6 beta All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.7 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.7 alpha All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.7 alpha2 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.7 alpha3 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.7 alpha4 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.5.7 beta All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.6.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.6.0 beta All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.6.0 beta2 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.6.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.0 alpha All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.0 beta All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.0 beta2 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.2 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.3 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.7.4 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.8.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.8.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.8.2 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9.0 beta All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9.2 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9.2-5.2.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9.3 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9.4 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 3.9.5 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0 alpha All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0 beta1 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0 beta2 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0 beta3 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0 beta4 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0 beta5 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0 beta6 All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.1 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff 4.0.2 All All All
Application Libtiff Libtiff All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
fix possible OOB write in gif2tiff.c · vadz/libtiff@ce6841d · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
996468 – (CVE-2013-4244) CVE-2013-4244 libtiff (gif2tiff): OOB Write in LZW decompressor af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Bug 2452 – CVE-2013-4244 libtiff (gif2tiff): OOB Write in LZW decompressor af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.maptools.org Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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