CVE-2019-11459

Publication date 22 April 2019

Last updated 18 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
atril 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.20.1-2ubuntu2+esm2
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
evince 25.10 questing
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
25.04 plucky
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
21.10 impish
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu1
19.04 disco
Fixed 3.32.0-1ubuntu0.1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 3.30.1-1ubuntu1.3
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.18.2-1ubuntu4.4
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
evince

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

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