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CVE-2013-4243

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

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · August 14, 2013

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the readgifimage function in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted height and width values in a GIF image.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow