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title: "CVE-2013-4231\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4231

Publication date 19 January 2014

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple buffer overflows in libtiff before 4.0.3 allow remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) extension
block in a GIF image or (2) GIF raster image to tools/gif2tiff.c or (3) a
long filename for a TIFF image to tools/rgb2ycbcr.c. NOTE: vectors 1 and 3
are disputed by Red Hat, which states that the input cannot exceed the
allocated buffer size.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4231?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tiff | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 4.0.2-4ubuntu3.1 |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 4.0.2-1ubuntu2.3 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.6 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.14 |
| tiff3 | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

tiff3 does not build tiff-tools

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4231)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4231)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4231)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4231)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2205-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2205-1)
+ LibTIFF vulnerabilities
+ 6 May 2014

### Other references

* <http://www.asmail.be/msg0055359936.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4231>