CVE-2019-11459

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.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.46%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evince/issues/1129 third party advisory patch
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3959-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LU4YZK5S46TZAH4J3NYYUYFMOC47LJG/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJ6R7NMY44IHIQIY24CV3WV2GLGJPQPZ/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00089.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.html third party advisory mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3553 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-11459?
CVE-2019-11459 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-11459?
To fix CVE-2019-11459, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-11459 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-11459 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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