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
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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
- http://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
- http://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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- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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