CVE-2013-4243 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Libtiff

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow11 documents8 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
OSV4.3
EPSS
18.7%
top 4.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Debian TiffLibtiffDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 10
Latest updateSep 23

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDlibtiff/libtiff4.0.3+29
▶debiandebian/tiff< tiff 4.0.3-9 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 6.0, 7.0

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.maptools.org ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.maptools.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-4mjh-684p-r652: Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4↗2022-05-17
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OSV
tiff vulnerabilities↗2014-05-06
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OSV
CVE-2013-4243: Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4↗2013-09-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
LibTIFF vulnerabilities↗2014-05-06
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Red Hat
(gif2tiff): possible heap-based buffer overflow in readgifimage()↗2013-08-14
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Debian
CVE-2013-4243: tiff - Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in ...↗2013
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
ShadowBound: Efficient Heap Memory Protection Through Advanced Metadata Management and Customized Compiler Optimization↗2024-09-23
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4231 CVE-2013-4232 CVE-2013-4243 CVE-2013-4244 mingw-libtiff various flaws [fedora-all]↗2013-08-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4231 CVE-2013-4232 CVE-2013-4243 CVE-2013-4244 libtiff various flaws [fedora-all]↗2013-08-14
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4243 libtiff (gif2tiff): possible heap-based buffer overflow in readgifimage()↗2013-08-12
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