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evince: uninitialized memory use in function tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail()

Published Apr 22, 2019

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.

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Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue affects the versions of evince as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, and 8. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Extended Life Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Maintenance Support 2 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having a security impact of Low, and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

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Weaknesses (3)

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-754

CWE-908

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Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 22, 2019
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Apr 22, 2019
Link CVE-2019-11459
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2019-11459
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Apr 13, 2019
Links CVE-2019-11459 - Bugzilla