Vulnerability · Published Sep 9, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-19144
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 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.2% 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 'in _TIFFmemcpy' funtion in the component 'tif_unix.c'.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | tiff | 4.0.10+git190814-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19144 |
| Debian:13 | tiff | 4.0.10+git190814-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19144 |
| Debian:14 | tiff | 4.0.10+git190814-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19144 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | tiff | 4.3.0-6ubuntu0.1 | USN-5619-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2852 x_refsource_MISC
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/159 x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211004-0005/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211009 [SECURITY] [DLA 2777-1] tiff security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST