CVE-2013-4231
Multiple buffer overflows in libtiff before 4.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of...
Multiple buffer overflows in libtiff before 4.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) extension block in a GIF image or (2) GIF raster image to tools/gif2tiff.c or (3) a long filename for a TIFF image to tools/rgb2ycbcr.c. NOTE: vectors 1 and 3 are disputed by Red Hat, which states that the input cannot exceed the allocated buffer size.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.3
Multiple buffer overflows in libtiff before 4.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) extension block in a GIF image or (2) GIF raster image to tools/gif2tiff.c or (3) a long filename for a TIFF image to tools/rgb2ycbcr.c. NOTE: vectors 1 and 3 are disputed by Red Hat, which states that the input cannot exceed the allocated buffer size.
- Record
CVE-2013-4231- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Multiple buffer overflows in libtiff before 4.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) extension block in a GIF image or (2) GIF raster image to tools/gif2tiff.c or (3) a long filename for a TIFF image to tools/rgb2ycbcr.c. NOTE: vectors 1 and 3 are disputed by Red Hat, which states that the input cannot exceed the allocated buffer size.
- Record
CVE-2013-4231- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-4135 No score
Multiple buffer overflows in libtiff before 4.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) extension block in a GIF image or (2) GIF raster image to tools/gif2tiff.c or (3) a long filename for a TIFF image to tools/rgb2ycbcr.c. NOTE: vectors 1 and 3 are disputed by Red Hat, which states that the input cannot exceed the allocated buffer size.
- Record
EUVD-2013-4135- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4qfr-3jpc-g89j No score
Multiple buffer overflows in libtiff before 4.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of...
Multiple buffer overflows in libtiff before 4.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) extension block in a GIF image or (2) GIF raster image to tools/gif2tiff.c or (3) a long filename for a TIFF image to tools/rgb2ycbcr.c. NOTE: vectors 1 and 3 are disputed by Red Hat, which states that the input cannot exceed the allocated buffer size.
- Record
GHSA-4qfr-3jpc-g89j- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2013-4231
4.3
CVE-2013-4231 does not affect BellSoft software
- Record
BELL-CVE-2013-4231- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Multiple buffer overflows in libtiff before 4.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) extension block in a GIF image or (2) GIF raster image to tools/gif2tiff.c or (3) a long filename for a TIFF image to tools/rgb2ycbcr.c. NOTE: vectors 1 and 3 are disputed by Red Hat, which states that the input cannot exceed the allocated buffer size.
- Record
CVE-2013-4231- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-4231 No score
Multiple buffer overflows in libtiff before 4.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) extension block in a GIF image or (2) GIF raster image to tools/gif2tiff.c or (3) a long filename for a TIFF image to tools/rgb2ycbcr.c. NOTE: vectors 1 and 3 are disputed by Red Hat, which states that the input cannot exceed the allocated buffer size.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4231- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2013-0258 No score
Updated libtiff packagess fix multiple security vulnerabilities
Updated libtiff packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Pedro Ribeiro discovered a buffer overflow flaw in rgb2ycbcr, a tool to convert RGB color, greyscale, or bi-level TIFF images to YCbCr images, and multiple buffer overflow flaws in gif2tiff, a tool to convert GIF images to TIFF. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted TIFF or GIF file that, when processed by rgb2ycbcr and gif2tiff respectively, would cause the tool to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the tool (CVE-2013-4231)
Pedro Ribeiro discovered a use-after-free flaw in the t2p_readwrite_pdf_image() function in tiff2pdf, a tool for converting a TIFF image to a PDF document. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted TIFF file that, when processed by tiff2pdf, would cause tiff2pdf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running tiff2pdf (CVE-2013-4232).
- Record
MGASA-2013-0258- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10554-1 No score
libtiff-devel-32bit-4.0.7-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the libtiff-devel-32bit-4.0.7-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10554-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2013-4231 No score
Multiple buffer overflows in libtiff before 4.0.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) extension block in a GIF image or (2) GIF raster image to tools/gif2tiff.c or (3) a long filename for a TIFF image to tools/rgb2ycbcr.c. NOTE: vectors 1 and 3 are disputed by Red Hat, which states that the input cannot exceed the allocated buffer size.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4231- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2205-1 No score
tiff vulnerabilities
Pedro Ribeiro discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images when using the gif2tiff tool. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubunu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10. (CVE-2013-4231)
Pedro Ribeiro discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images when using the tiff2pdf tool. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted TIFF image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubunu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10. (CVE-2013-4232)
Murray McAllister discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images when using the gif2tiff tool. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2013-4243)
Huzaifa Sidhpurwala discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images when using the gif2tiff tool. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubunu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10. (CVE-2013-4244)
- Record
USN-2205-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
tiffDebian:12 |
before 4.0.3-2 | 4.0.3-2 |
tiffDebian:13 |
before 4.0.3-2 | 4.0.3-2 |
tiffDebian:14 |
before 4.0.3-2 | 4.0.3-2 |
tiffDebian:6.0 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 3.9.4-5+squeeze10, plus listed versions 3.9.4-53.9.4-5+squeeze13.9.4-5+squeeze23.9.4-5+squeeze33.9.4-5+squeeze4 Show 5 moreShow less3.9.4-5+squeeze53.9.4-5+squeeze63.9.4-5+squeeze73.9.4-5+squeeze83.9.4-5+squeeze9 |
3.9.4-5+squeeze10 |
tiffDebian:7 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 4.0.2-6+deb7u2, plus listed versions 4.0.2-64.0.2-6+deb7u1 |
4.0.2-6+deb7u2 |
libtiffMageia:2 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 4.0.1-2.7.mga2 | 4.0.1-2.7.mga2 |
libtiffMageia:3 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 4.0.3-4.1.mga3 | 4.0.3-4.1.mga3 |
libtiffRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiff-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiff-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
libtiff-staticRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiffRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiff-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiff-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiff-staticRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiffRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiff-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiff-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiff-staticRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiffRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiff-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiff-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiff-staticRed Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation From an advisory covering 7 CVEs |
before 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 | 0:3.9.4-10.el6_5 |
libtiffRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 6 CVEs |
before 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 | 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 |
libtiff-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client From an advisory covering 6 CVEs |
before 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 | 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 |
libtiffRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 6 CVEs |
before 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 | 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 |
libtiff-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 6 CVEs |
before 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 | 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 |
libtiff-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation From an advisory covering 6 CVEs |
before 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 | 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 |
libtiffRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 6 CVEs |
before 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 | 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 |
libtiff-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 6 CVEs |
before 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 | 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 |
libtiff-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server From an advisory covering 6 CVEs |
before 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 | 0:3.8.2-19.el5_10 |
tiffUbuntu:14.04:LTS From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 4.0.2-4ubuntu34.0.3-5ubuntu14.0.3-64.0.3-6ubuntu14.0.3-7 |
4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1 |
tiffopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 49 CVEs |
before 4.0.7-1.1 | 4.0.7-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2013-4231 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Libtiff, published August 22, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.40%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in tiff 4.0.3-2.
References
bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2450
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0223.html
debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2744
secunia.com/advisories/54543
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995965
asmail.be/msg0055359936.html
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secunia.com/advisories/54628
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/10/2
securityfocus.com/bid/61695
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4231
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4qfr-3jpc-g89j
docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2013-4231
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4231
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0258.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/114181.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11035
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0222
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=610759
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952131
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952158
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995975
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996052
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996468
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2014/rhsa-2014_0222.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2596
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2596
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2596
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1960
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1960
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1960
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1961
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1961
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1961
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4231
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4231
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4232
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4232
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4232
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4243
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4243
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4243
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4244
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4244
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4244
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0223
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2014/rhsa-2014_0223.json
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4231
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2205-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4232
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4243
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4244
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2285
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2347
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2065
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2067
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2233
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4665
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0192
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1167
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1173
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2113
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3401
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4564
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1960
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1961
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4231
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4232
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4243
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4244
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8127
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8128
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8129
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8130
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9655
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1547
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7554
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8665
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8683
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8781
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8782
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8783
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suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3622
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3623
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3658
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suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3990
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3991
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