Code Injection in LibTIFF - CVE-2013-4243
Published: September 10, 2013 / Updated: July 24, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31835
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4243
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: LibTIFF
Affected software:
LibTIFF
LibTIFF
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4243
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- 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