Heap-based buffer overflow in the t2p_process_jpeg_strip function in tiff2pdf in libtiff 4.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF image file.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-1960 is rated High Risk (66.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.53%). Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-10-19 | 6.28% | 4.53% | -1.75% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 9.47% | 6.28% | -3.19% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 9.47% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2013-1960 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tiff), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1960 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2013-1960: 1 GLSA(s) (201402-21), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/tiff); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-1960 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1960 |
suse
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critical | CVE-2013-1960 severity critical: SUSE including 309 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 389 product×package rows across 67 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2, … (67 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 113, Known Not Affected 45. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1960/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2013-1960 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (tiff, tiff3), 18 status rows across 9 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): released 6, DNE 5, ignored 5, needed 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1960 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| remotesensing | libtiff | <= 4.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:beta18:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:beta24:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:beta28:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:beta29:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:beta31:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:beta32:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:beta34:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:beta35:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:beta36:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.4:beta37:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.5.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.5.6 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.5.6 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.5.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.5.7 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.5.7 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.5.7:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.5.7 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.5.7:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.5.7 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.5.7:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.5.7 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.5.7:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.5.7 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.5.7:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.6.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.6.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.7.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.7.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.7.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.7.2 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.7.3 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.7.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.8.1 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.8.2 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.9.0 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.9.0 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.9.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.9.1 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.9.2 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.9.3 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 3.9.4 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:3.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 4.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 4.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| remotesensing | libtiff | 4.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:remotesensing:libtiff:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |