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CVE-2013-4243

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4243 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the gif2tiff tool within libtiff versions 4.0.3 and earlier, affecting Debian and other systems utilizing libtiff. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 6.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying crafted GIF image height and width values. While the vulnerability has a moderate attack complexity and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

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

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
7.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0717 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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-2013-4243Moderate

(gif2tiff): possible heap-based buffer overflow in readgifimage()

Aug 14, 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
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-16
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2744
securityfocus.com / bid/62082