CVE-2019-14973
tiff - security update
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.1%
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-14973
To remediate CVE-2019-14973, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/tiff—upgrade to 4.0.10-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.0.10+git190814-1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u9 or later
- —upgrade to 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u1 or later
Is CVE-2019-14973 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 4.0.10-r1
- from 0, < 4.0.10+git190814-1
- from 0, < 4.0.3-12.3+deb8u9
- from 0, < 4.1.0+git191117-2~deb10u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |