CVE-2013-4243
Public on 2013-09-10
Modified on 2014-09-19
Description
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.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | libtiff | 2014-03-13 | ALAS-2014-307 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | libtiff | 2014-06-26 | ALAS-2014-365 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |