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CVE-2013-4244

The LZW decompressor in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows context-dependent...

6.8 MediumFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

2.70%Up 1.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

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.

Record
CVE-2013-4244
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2013-4244
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-4148 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2013-4148
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-537w-v4qr-w65f No score

The LZW decompressor in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows context-dependent...

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.

Record
GHSA-537w-v4qr-w65f
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2013-4244
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-4244 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4244
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2013-0267 No score

Updated libtiff packages fix CVE-2013-4244

Updated libtiff packages fix security vulnerability:

Pedro Ribeiro and Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala discovered multiple vulnerabilities in various tools shipped by the tiff library. Processing a malformed file may lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2013-4244).

Record
MGASA-2013-0267
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-2013-4244 No score

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4244
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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tiff
Debian:12
 before 4.0.3-3
4.0.3-3
tiff
Debian:13
 before 4.0.3-3
4.0.3-3
tiff
Debian:14
 before 4.0.3-3
4.0.3-3
tiff
Debian: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
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3.9.4-5+squeeze53.9.4-5+squeeze63.9.4-5+squeeze73.9.4-5+squeeze83.9.4-5+squeeze9
3.9.4-5+squeeze10
tiff
Debian: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
libtiff
Mageia:2
 before 4.0.1-2.8.mga2
4.0.1-2.8.mga2
libtiff
Mageia:3
 before 4.0.3-4.2.mga3
4.0.3-4.2.mga3
libtiff
Red 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-debuginfo
Red 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-devel
Red 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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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libtiff-static
Red 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
Red 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-debuginfo
Red 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-devel
Red 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-static
Red 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
Red 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-debuginfo
Red 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-devel
Red 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-static
Red 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
Red 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-debuginfo
Red 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-devel
Red 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-static
Red 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
Red 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-debuginfo
Red 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
Red 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-debuginfo
Red 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-devel
Red 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
Red 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-debuginfo
Red 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-devel
Red 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
tiff
Ubuntu: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
tiff
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 49 CVEs
 before 4.0.7-1.1
4.0.7-1.1

History

History
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In short

CVE-2013-4244 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Libtiff, published August 27, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.70%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in tiff 4.0.3-3.

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