{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4243","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:24:33.968378Z","published":"2013-09-10T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2205-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2013-4243"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4243"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2205-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4243"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tiff","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["4.0.2-4ubuntu3","4.0.3-5ubuntu1","4.0.3-6","4.0.3-6ubuntu1","4.0.3-7"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libtiff-opengl","binary_version":"4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libtiff-tools","binary_version":"4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libtiff5","binary_version":"4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"libtiffxx5","binary_version":"4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2013/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4243.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}