Heap-based Buffer Overflow in libtiff Tool from Vendor Red Hat

CVE-2013-4243

What is CVE-2013-4243?

The vulnerability identified in the gif2tiff tool within libtiff can result in a heap-based buffer overflow when processing GIF images. Attackers can exploit this flaw by providing specially crafted height and width values in the GIF image, potentially leading to a denial of service through application crashes. Moreover, this could enable the execution of arbitrary code on the affected system, posing significant security risks to users and systems utilizing vulnerable versions of libtiff.

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