CVE-2013-4243
Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and...
Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted height and width values in a GIF image.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted height and width values in a GIF image.
- Record
CVE-2013-4243- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted height and width values in a GIF image.
- Record
CVE-2013-4243- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-4147 No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted height and width values in a GIF image.
- Record
EUVD-2013-4147- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4mjh-684p-r652 No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and...
Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted height and width values in a GIF image.
- Record
GHSA-4mjh-684p-r652- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted height and width values in a GIF image.
- Record
CVE-2013-4243- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-4243 No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted height and width values in a GIF image.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4243- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2013-0291 No score
Updated libtiff package fixes security vulnerability
A possible heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the readgifimage function in gif2tiff, a tool to convert GIF images to TIFF. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted GIF file that, when processed by gif2tiff, would cause gif2tiff to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running gif2tiff (CVE-2013-4243).
- Record
MGASA-2013-0291- 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-2013-4243 No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted height and width values in a GIF image.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4243- 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 4.0.3-9 | 4.0.3-9 |
tiffDebian:13 |
before 4.0.3-9 | 4.0.3-9 |
tiffDebian:14 |
before 4.0.3-9 | 4.0.3-9 |
tiffDebian:6.0 |
before 3.9.4-5+squeeze11, plus listed versions 3.9.4-53.9.4-5+squeeze13.9.4-5+squeeze103.9.4-5+squeeze23.9.4-5+squeeze3 Show 6 moreShow less3.9.4-5+squeeze43.9.4-5+squeeze53.9.4-5+squeeze63.9.4-5+squeeze73.9.4-5+squeeze83.9.4-5+squeeze9 |
3.9.4-5+squeeze11 |
tiffDebian:7 |
before 4.0.2-6+deb7u3, plus listed versions 4.0.2-64.0.2-6+deb7u14.0.2-6+deb7u2 |
4.0.2-6+deb7u3 |
libtiffMageia:2 |
before 4.0.1-2.9.mga2 | 4.0.1-2.9.mga2 |
libtiffMageia:3 |
before 4.0.3-4.3.mga3 | 4.0.3-4.3.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 |
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 |
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 | ||
| 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-2013-4243 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Libtiff, published September 10, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.17%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in tiff 4.0.3-9.
References
bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2451
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996052
securityfocus.com/bid/62082
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0223.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-16
debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2744
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secunia.com/advisories/54543
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4243
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0222
github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mjh-684p-r652
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4243
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0291.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11281
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00053.html
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2014/rhsa-2014_0222.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2596
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4243
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2285