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CVE-2019-11459 json

The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the TIFF document backend in GNOME Evince through 3.32.0 did not…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-3132

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the TIFF document backend in GNOME Evince through 3.32.0 did not handle errors from TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented(), leading to uninitialized memory use when processing certain TIFF image files.

Patch / fix

  • atril Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.22.3-1
  • evince Debian 13, Debian 12 3.32.0-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11459

  • evince Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 3.18.2-1ubuntu4.4
  • evince Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1
  • atril Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.20.1-2ubuntu2+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11459

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • evince RHEL 7 3.28.2-9.el7
  • poppler RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7
  • evince-dvi RHEL 7 3.28.2-9.el7
  • poppler-qt RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7
  • evince-libs RHEL 7 3.28.2-9.el7
  • poppler-cpp RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7
  • poppler-glib RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7
  • poppler-demos RHEL 7 0.26.5-42.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:1074RHSA-2019:3553

  • evince SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3-BCL, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +14 more 3.20.2-6.27.1
  • evince SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 2.28.2-0.7.8.1
  • evince SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 3.26.0+20180128.1bd86963-4.7.3
  • evince SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1-LTSS 3.10.3-2.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:2098-1SUSE-SU-2019:2080-1SUSE-SU-2019:2080-2SUSE-SU-2019:14141-1SUSE-SU-2019:1648-1

  • evince openSUSE Tumbleweed 40.4-1.3
  • evince openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.0 3.26.0+20180128.1bd86963-lp151.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10742-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1667-1

  • pidgin AlmaLinux 8 2.13.0-5.el8
  • libpurple AlmaLinux 8 2.13.0-5.el8
  • gdk-pixbuf2 AlmaLinux 8 2.36.12-5.el8
  • gnome-desktop3 AlmaLinux 8 3.32.2-1.el8
  • gdk-pixbuf2-xlib AlmaLinux 8 2.36.12-5.el8
  • gdk-pixbuf2-modules AlmaLinux 8 2.36.12-5.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2019:3553

  • pango Rocky Linux 8 1.42.4-6.el8
  • pidgin Rocky Linux 8 2.13.0-5.el8
  • gdk-pixbuf2 Rocky Linux 8 2.36.12-5.el8
  • gnome-desktop3 Rocky Linux 8 3.32.2-1.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2019:3553

  • evince Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +12 more 3.32.0-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-11459

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-11459 updated cvss 3.3

evince: uninitialized memory use in function tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 evince Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 evince, evince-dvi, evince-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) gvfs 1.36.2-6.el8, nautilus 3.28.1-10.el8, gdk-pixbuf2-xlib 2.36.12-5.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) gjs 1.56.2-3.el8, gdm 3.28.3-22.el8, gvfs 1.36.2-6.el8, SDL 1.2.15-35.el8, gtk3 3.22.30-4.el8, pango 1.42.4-6.el8, +82 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) mozjs60 60.9.0-3.el8, gdk-pixbuf2 2.36.12-5.el8, gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.32.0-3.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3553
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) evince 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-dvi 3.28.2-9.el7, evince-libs 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-42.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-browser-plugin 3.28.2-9.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) poppler 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-utils 0.26.5-42.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-42.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) evince 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-dvi 3.28.2-9.el7, evince-libs 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-42.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-cpp 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-browser-plugin 3.28.2-9.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) evince 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-dvi 3.28.2-9.el7, evince-libs 3.28.2-9.el7, poppler-qt 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-glib 0.26.5-42.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) poppler-cpp 0.26.5-42.el7, poppler-demos 0.26.5-42.el7, evince-browser-plugin 3.28.2-9.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1074

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Exploit prediction

1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

Sources

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