Vulnerability · Published Sep 9, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-19143
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the tiff package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 26.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Buffer Overflow in LibTiff v4.0.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via the "TIFFVGetField" funtion in the component 'libtiff/tif_dir.c'.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | tiff | 4.1.0+git201212-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19143 |
| Debian:13 | tiff | 4.1.0+git201212-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19143 |
| Debian:14 | tiff | 4.1.0+git201212-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19143 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2851 x_refsource_MISC
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/158 x_refsource_MISC
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/merge_requests/119 x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211004-0005/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- DSA-4997 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN