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CVE-2013-4244

The LZW decompressor in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a den

The LZW decompressor in the gif2tiff tool in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.0065
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2
libtiff<= 4.0.3
libtiffall versions

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6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD28 Sep 2013 · 07:55 PM

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5
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10554-1
rhsaRHSA-2014:0339Important
rhsaRHSA-2014:0223Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2014:0222Moderate
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