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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-4243

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…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 7.17%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
7.17% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
libtiff/libtiff · debian/debian linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.