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MEDIUM CVSS 3.0
CVE-2019-7663
LibTIFF Denial-of-Service Heap buffer overflow
Description

An Invalid Address dereference was discovered in TIFFWriteDirectoryTagTransferfunction in libtiff/tif_dirwrite.c in LibTIFF 4.0.10, affecting the cpSeparateBufToContigBuf function in tiffcp.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. This is different from CVE-2018-12900.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 9, 2019, 4:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:48 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-7663 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Libtiff libtiff
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 4
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
A vulnerability in LibTIFF allows for a denial-of-service attack; upgrading the affected packages will address this issue.
  • Update the libtiff packages.
  • Upgrade the tiff packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-7663 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-7663.

URL Resource
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2833 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/802d3cbf3043be5dce5317e140ccb1c17a6a2d39 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670
http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2833 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/802d3cbf3043be5dce5317e140ccb1c17a6a2d39 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-7663 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-7663 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-7663 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-7663 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2833
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/802d3cbf3043be5dce5317e140ccb1c17a6a2d39
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-119 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/802d3cbf3043be5dce5317e140ccb1c17a6a2d39 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/802d3cbf3043be5dce5317e140ccb1c17a6a2d39 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/802d3cbf3043be5dce5317e140ccb1c17a6a2d39 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00026.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2833 No Types Assigned http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2833 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.47 }} -0.01%

score

0.63724

percentile