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CVE-2013-4244

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4244 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the LZW decompressor of the gif2tiff tool within libtiff versions 4.0.3 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted GIF image. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and potentially leading 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 surrounding this CVE.

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
2.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0270 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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 (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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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-2013-4244Moderate

(gif2tiff): OOB Write in LZW decompressor

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
github.com / vadz/libtiff/commit/ce6841d9e41d621ba23cf18b190ee6a23b2cc833
Patch