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
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
tiff (Alpine package)
libtiff4 (Ubuntu package)
libtiff5 (Ubuntu package)
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
tiff (Alpine package)
libtiff4 (Ubuntu package)
libtiff5 (Ubuntu 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
libtiff4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.14, 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.6
libtiff5 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4.0.2-1ubuntu2.3, 4.0.2-4ubuntu3.1, 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1
libtiff4 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.14, 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.6
libtiff5 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4.0.2-1ubuntu2.3, 4.0.2-4ubuntu3.1, 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1