medium
6.8
CWE
119
Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2013-4244: Buffer Overflow

First published: Tue Aug 13 2013(Updated: )

An OOB Write was found in the LZW decompressor used 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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
tiff<=4.0.3
tiff=3.4
tiff=3.4-beta18
tiff=3.4-beta24
tiff=3.4-beta28
tiff=3.4-beta29
tiff=3.4-beta31
tiff=3.4-beta32
tiff=3.4-beta34
tiff=3.4-beta35
tiff=3.4-beta36
tiff=3.4-beta37
tiff=3.5.1
tiff=3.5.2
tiff=3.5.3
tiff=3.5.4
tiff=3.5.5
tiff=3.5.6
tiff=3.5.6-beta
tiff=3.5.7
tiff=3.5.7-alpha
tiff=3.5.7-alpha2
tiff=3.5.7-alpha3
tiff=3.5.7-alpha4
tiff=3.5.7-beta
tiff=3.6.0
tiff=3.6.0-beta
tiff=3.6.0-beta2
tiff=3.6.1
tiff=3.7.0
tiff=3.7.0-alpha
tiff=3.7.0-beta
tiff=3.7.0-beta2
tiff=3.7.1
tiff=3.7.2
tiff=3.7.3
tiff=3.7.4
tiff=3.8.0
tiff=3.8.1
tiff=3.8.2
tiff=3.9
tiff=3.9.0
tiff=3.9.0-beta
tiff=3.9.1
tiff=3.9.2
tiff=3.9.2-5.2.1
tiff=3.9.3
tiff=3.9.4
tiff=3.9.5
tiff=4.0
tiff=4.0-alpha
tiff=4.0-beta1
tiff=4.0-beta2
tiff=4.0-beta3
tiff=4.0-beta4
tiff=4.0-beta5
tiff=4.0-beta6
tiff=4.0.1
tiff=4.0.2

Remedy

http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2452

Remedy

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996468

Remedy

https://github.com/vadz/libtiff/commit/ce6841d9e41d621ba23cf18b190ee6a23b2cc833

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2013-4244?

    CVE-2013-4244 is considered a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential to allow remote code execution.

  • How do I fix CVE-2013-4244?

    To fix CVE-2013-4244, upgrade to a patched version of libtiff that addresses this out-of-bounds write vulnerability.

  • Which versions of libtiff are affected by CVE-2013-4244?

    CVE-2013-4244 affects libtiff versions up to and including 4.0.3 and specific versions of 3.4.

  • Can CVE-2013-4244 allow attackers to execute arbitrary code?

    Yes, CVE-2013-4244 can potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting a specially-crafted GIF file.

  • Is CVE-2013-4244 a critical vulnerability?

    CVE-2013-4244 is not classified as critical but poses significant risk, particularly if exploited in environments processing untrusted GIF files.

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