CVE-2019-14973
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CVE-2019-14973 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. _TIFFCheckMalloc and _TIFFCheckRealloc in tif_aux.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.10 mishandle Integer Overflow checks because they rely on compiler behavior that is undefined by the applicable C standards. This can, for example, lead to an application crash.. EPSS estimates a 4.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
_TIFFCheckMalloc and _TIFFCheckRealloc in tif_aux.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.10 mishandle Integer Overflow checks because they rely on compiler behavior that is undefined by the applicable C standards. This can, for example, lead to an application crash.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Libtiff | Libtiff | <= 4.0.10 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 30 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 31 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.2 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00102.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155095/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libtiff-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/merge_requests/90Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/32Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4608Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00102.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155095/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libtiff-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/merge_requests/90Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/32Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4608Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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