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CVE-2019-17546 json

`tif_getimage.c` in LibTIFF through 4.0.10, as used in GDAL through 3.0.1 and other products, has an...

published 7y ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2019-7895 , JLSEC-2025-254

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.10, as used in GDAL through 3.0.1 and other products, has an integer overflow that potentially causes a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted RGBA image, related to a "Negative-size-param" condition.

Patch / fix

  • julia Libtiff_jll 4.1.0+0
  • libtiff libtiff 4.1.0
  • gdal Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.1.0+dfsg-1
  • tiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0.10+git190818-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17546

  • tiff Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7
  • tiff Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3
  • gdal Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.10.1+dfsg-5ubuntu1+esm1
  • tiff Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4.0.3-7ubuntu0.11+esm6

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17546

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

  • libtiff RHEL 8 4.0.9-18.el8
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 8 4.0.9-18.el8
  • libtiff RHEL 7 4.0.3-35.el7
  • libtiff-tools RHEL 7 4.0.3-35.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4634RHSA-2020:3902

  • tiff SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +11 more 4.0.9-44.45.1
  • tiff SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15 +21 more 4.0.9-45.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:0496-1SUSE-SU-2022:0480-1

  • tiff openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.6.0-2.1
  • tiff openSUSE Leap 15.3 4.0.9-45.5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13381-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0480-1

  • libtiff-tools AlmaLinux 8 4.0.9-18.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2020:4634

  • libtiff Rocky Linux 8 4.0.9-18.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:4634

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-17546 updated cvss 8.8

libtiff: integer overflow leading to heap-based buffer overflow in tif_getimage.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libtiff Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libtiff
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) libtiff-tools 4.0.9-18.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) libtiff 4.0.9-18.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4634
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) libtiff 4.0.3-35.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) libtiff-tools 4.0.3-35.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) libtiff 4.0.3-35.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) libtiff-tools 4.0.3-35.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) libtiff 4.0.3-35.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) libtiff-tools 4.0.3-35.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) libtiff 4.0.3-35.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) libtiff-tools 4.0.3-35.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3902

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Libtiff_jll
<4.1.0+0
4.1.0+0

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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