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CVE-2013-1961

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1961 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the tiff2pdf utility within libtiff versions prior to 4.0.3. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted TIFF image file with manipulated length and resolution parameters. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is considered critical, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 75/100 suggests a notable potential risk.

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
5.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0591 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-2013-1961Low

(tiff2pdf): Stack-based buffer overflow with malformed image-length and resolution

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/59607