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CVE-2019-14973

Publication date 14 August 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

_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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tiff 22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Fixed 4.0.10-4ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
tiff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4158-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 17 October 2019
    • USN-5841-1
    • LibTIFF vulnerabilities
    • 2 February 2023

Other references