Buffer overflow in LibTIFF - CVE-2013-4244
Published: September 28, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32525
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-2013-4244
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The 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.
Affected software
LibTIFF
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
tiff (Alpine package)
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
tiff (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4244
Install update from vendor's website.
tiff (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 4.0.3-r3, 4.0.6-r0