CVE-2019-14973

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    CVE-2019-14973

    Published: 14 Aug 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: _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.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/63BVT6N5KQPHWOWM4B3I7Z3ODBXUVNPS/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ADNPG7JJTRRK22GUVTAFH3GJ6WGKUZJB/, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00102.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00023.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155095/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libtiff-Updates.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00031.html, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/5, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/32, https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4608, https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670, https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/merge_requests/90

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v4.0.10
    v4.0.9
    v4.0.8
    v4.0.7
    v4.0.6
    v4.0.5
    v4.0.4
    v4.0.4beta
    v4.0.3
    v4.0.2
    v4.0.1
    v4.0.0
    v4.0.0beta7
    v4.0.0alpha6
    v4.0.0alpha5
    v4.0.0alpha4
    v4.0.0alpha

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High