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CVE-2013-1960

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1960 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the tiff2pdf component of libtiff versions 4.0.3 and earlier, impacting products like remotesensing libtiff. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a high risk of remote attackers causing a denial of service or potentially executing arbitrary code through crafted TIFF image files. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:beta18:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:beta24:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:beta28:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1182 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.8.2-19.el5_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libtiff-0:3.9.4-10.el6_5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1960Moderate

(tiff2pdf): Heap-based buffer overflow in t2_process_jpeg_strip()

May 2, 2013

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104916.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105253.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105828.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00058.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00080.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0223.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
seclists.org / oss-sec/2013/q2/254
secunia.com / advisories/53237
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/53765
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2698
securityfocus.com / bid/59609