Code Injection in LibTIFF - CVE-2013-4243
Published: September 10, 2013 / Updated: July 24, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31835
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4243
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in a crafted height and width values in a GIF image. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
LibTIFF
Amazon Linux AMI
tiff (Alpine package)
Amazon Linux AMI
tiff (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4243
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
tiff (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 4.0.3-r3, 4.0.6-r0
External References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2451
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0223.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54543
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54628
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2744
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62082
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996052
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16