CVE-2019-11459Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Evince

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.4%
top 36.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 22
Latest updateFeb 18

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

Debiangnome/evince< 3.32.0-3+3
NVDgnome/evince3.32.0
Debianmate-desktop/atril< 1.22.3-1+3
Ubuntumate-desktop/atril< 1.24.0-1ubuntu0.2+2
NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 8.0, 9.0, Fedora 29, 30, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, 19.04, Enterprise Linux 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
atril vulnerabilities2025-02-18
GHSA
GHSA-3q2g-r99g-8h69: The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the TIFF document backend in GNOME Evince through 32022-05-24
OSV
CVE-2019-11459: The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the TIFF document backend in GNOME Evince through 32019-04-22
CVEList
CVE-2019-11459: The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the TIFF document backend in GNOME Evince through 32019-04-22

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Atril vulnerabilities2025-02-18
Ubuntu
Evince vulnerability2019-04-29
Red Hat
evince: uninitialized memory use in function tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail()2019-04-13
Debian
CVE-2019-11459: atril - The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the TI...2019

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-11459 evince: uninitialized memory use in function tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail()2019-06-03
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-11459 evince: uninitialized memory use in function tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() [fedora-30]2019-06-03
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-11459 evince: uninitialized memory use in function tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() [fedora-29]2019-06-03
CVE-2019-11459 — Gnome Evince vulnerability | cvebase