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CVE-2013-4232

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4232 is a use-after-free vulnerability in libtiff 4.0.3, specifically within the t2p_readwrite_pdf_image function, affecting Debian Linux and libtiff itself. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code by processing a specially crafted TIFF image. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it has a medium attack complexity and could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0502 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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-2013-4232Moderate

(tiff2pdf): use-after-free in t2p_readwrite_pdf_image()

Aug 1, 2013

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
Patch
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0223.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
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