CVE-2013-4232 (GCVE-0-2013-4232)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-10 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38
VLAI
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the t2p_readwrite_pdf_image function in tools/tiff2pdf.c in libtiff 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2449 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0223.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995975 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2744 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/54543 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.asmail.be/msg0055359936.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/54628 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/10/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2013-08-01 00:00
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