CVE-2019-11459
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CVE-2019-11459 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the TIFF document backend in GNOME Evince through 3.32.0 did not handle errors from TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented(), leading to uninitialized memory use when processing certain TIFF image files.. EPSS estimates a 1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the TIFF document backend in GNOME Evince through 3.32.0 did not handle errors from TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented(), leading to uninitialized memory use when processing certain TIFF image files.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnome | Evince | <= 3.32.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.10 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 19.04 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 29 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 30 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 8.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 8.1 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 8.2 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 8.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 8.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 8.2 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 8.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 8.6 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 8.2 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 8.4 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 8.6 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 |
References
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00089.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3553Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/issues/1129Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3959-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00089.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3553Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/issues/1129Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3959-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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