6.8

CVE-2013-4243: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2013-0291UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4243DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4243
Published 10-09-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4243 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 7.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10554-1RHSA-2014:0222RHSA-2014:0223USN-2205-1

Timeline

  1. 10-09-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

7.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 7.17% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
7.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • tiff< 4.0.3-9 | < 3.9.4-5+squeeze11 | < 4.0.2-6+deb7u3
  • debian_linuxEOL6.0 | 7.0
Mageia2 products
  • libtiff< 4.0.1-2.9.mga2
  • libtiff< 4.0.3-4.3.mga3
Libtiff1 product
  • libtiff≤ 4.0.3 | 3.4 | 3.4:beta18 | 3.4:beta24 | 3.4:beta28 | 3.4:beta29 | 3.4:beta31 | 3.4:beta32 | 3.4:beta34 | 3.4:beta35 | 3.4:beta36 | 3.4:beta37 | 3.5.1 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3 | 3.5.4 | 3.5.5 | 3.5.6 | 3.5.6:beta | 3.5.7 | 3.5.7:alpha | 3.5.7:alpha2 | 3.5.7:alpha3 | 3.5.7:alpha4 | 3.5.7:beta | 3.6.0 | 3.6.0:beta | 3.6.0:beta2 | 3.6.1 | 3.7.0 | 3.7.0:alpha | 3.7.0:beta | 3.7.0:beta2 | 3.7.1 | 3.7.2 | 3.7.3 | 3.7.4 | 3.8.0 | 3.8.1 | 3.8.2 | 3.9 | 3.9.0 | 3.9.0:beta | 3.9.1 | 3.9.2 | 3.9.2-5.2.1 | 3.9.3 | 3.9.4 | 3.9.5 | 4.0 | 4.0:alpha | 4.0:beta1 | 4.0:beta2 | 4.0:beta3 | 4.0:beta4 | 4.0:beta5 | 4.0:beta6 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2
Ubuntu1 product
  • tiff< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1

4 vendors · 6 products

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