CVE-2019-14973

Public on 2019-08-14
Modified on 2020-11-16
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 libtiff 2020-11-18 ALAS-2020-1447 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core libtiff 2020-10-27 ALAS2-2020-1532 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2019-14973 Mitre: CVE-2019-14973