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.

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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2965-1 tiff security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2205-1 LibTIFF vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:38:01.739Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4243

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-09-10T19:55:11.287

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-4243

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-08-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-4243 - Bugzilla

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