Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 14, 2019· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2019-14973
CVE-2019-14973
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.
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Affected products
18- LibTIFF/LibTIFFdescription
- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/tiff&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tiff&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 4.0.9-lp151.10.3.1+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-lp151.10.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-lp152.11.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.6.0-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.30.28
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.30.28
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.30.28
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.30.28
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.30.28
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-5.30.28
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0.9-44.42.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
11- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00102.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00023.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/63BVT6N5KQPHWOWM4B3I7Z3ODBXUVNPS/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ADNPG7JJTRRK22GUVTAFH3GJ6WGKUZJB/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4608mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155095/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libtiff-Updates.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/merge_requests/90mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00031.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/5mitremailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/32mitremailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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