CVE-2019-6128

Public Exploit

Description

The TIFFFdOpen function in tif_unix.c in LibTIFF 4.0.10 has a memory leak, as demonstrated by pal2rgb.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.85% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2836 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/0c74a9f49b8d7a36b17b54a7428b3526d20f88a8 third party advisory patch
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/5 third party advisory mailing list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155095/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libtiff-Updates.html vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00027.html third party advisory mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-6128?
CVE-2019-6128 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-6128?
To fix CVE-2019-6128, 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-2019-6128 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-6128 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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