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CVE-2013-4231

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4231 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in libtiff versions prior to 4.0.3, specifically affecting the tools/gif2tiff.c and tools/rgb2ycbcr.c components. These flaws could allow a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service through out-of-bounds writes by supplying specially crafted GIF images or excessively long filenames for TIFF images. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0740 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.0 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-2013-4231Moderate

(gif2tiff): GIF LZW decoder missing datasize value check

Aug 1, 2013

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0223.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/54543
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/54628
Vendor Advisory
asmail.be / msg0055359936.html
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2744
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/08/10/2
securityfocus.com / bid/61695