{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"USN-2205-1","aliases":[],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"tiff vulnerabilities\n\nPedro Ribeiro discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed images when using the gif2tiff tool. If a user or automated\nsystem were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, a remote\nattacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubunu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10.\n(CVE-2013-4231)\n\nPedro Ribeiro discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed images when using the tiff2pdf tool. If a user or automated\nsystem were tricked into opening a specially crafted TIFF image, a remote\nattacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubunu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10.\n(CVE-2013-4232)\n\nMurray McAllister discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed images when using the gif2tiff tool. If a user or automated\nsystem were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, a remote\nattacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2013-4243)\n\nHuzaifa Sidhpurwala discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain\nmalformed images when using the gif2tiff tool. If a user or automated\nsystem were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, a remote\nattacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubunu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10.\n(CVE-2013-4244)","dates":{"published":"2014-05-06T13:37:31.000Z","modified":"2026-04-22T08:53:32.690Z","reserved":null,"kevAdded":[],"kevDue":[]},"cvss":{"headline":{"score":null,"severity":"unknown","version":null,"versionLabel":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"computed":false,"selection":"none"},"metrics":[]},"epss":{"probability":null,"percentile":null,"severity":"unknown","asOf":null,"change":{"pp":null,"baselineDate":null,"baselineScore":null},"history":[],"last30":[]},"kev":{"state":"not-listed","entries":[],"listedCount":0,"totalCatalogs":3,"catalogs":[{"source":"cisa","label":"CISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"enisa","label":"ENISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"circl","label":"CIRCL","listed":false,"entry":null}]},"ransomware":{"state":"none-recorded","sources":[]},"exploits":[],"exploitCount":0,"weaknesses":[],"affected":[{"vendor":"ubuntu","product":"tiff","name":"tiff","label":"tiff","ecosystem":"Ubuntu","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1","eol":null,"hubHref":null}],"affectedCount":1,"eol":{"hasEol":false,"count":0},"references":[{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2205-1","label":"ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2205-1","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4231","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4231","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4232","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4232","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4243","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4243","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4244","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4244","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]}],"lineage":{"upstream":["CVE-2013-4231","CVE-2013-4232","CVE-2013-4243","CVE-2013-4244"],"downstream":[],"duplicates":[],"related":["CVE-2013-4231","CVE-2013-4232","CVE-2013-4243","CVE-2013-4244"]},"timeline":[{"kind":"published","date":"2014-05-06T13:37:31.000Z","label":"Published","detail":"Vulnerability first disclosed.","source":null},{"kind":"modified","date":"2026-04-22T08:53:32.690Z","label":"Last modified","detail":"Vulnerability information updated.","source":null}],"risk":{"score":0,"level":"minimal","profile":"Default","thresholds":{"critical":75,"high":50,"medium":25,"low":10}},"meta":{"dataAsOf":"2026-10-20T06:00:12.102Z","stale":false,"partial":false}}