{"id":"USN-2205-1","summary":"tiff vulnerabilities","details":"Pedro 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)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T08:53:32.690090Z","published":"2014-05-06T13:37:31Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4243"],"upstream":["CVE-2013-4231","CVE-2013-4232","CVE-2013-4243","CVE-2013-4244","UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4231","UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4232","UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4243","UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4244"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2205-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4231"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4232"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4243"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4244"}],"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":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"4.0.3-7ubuntu0.1","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"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2013-4243","severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2205-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}