Improper Clearing of Heap Memory Before Release ('Heap Inspection') Affecting libtiff package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.26% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-LIBTIFF-2009817
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Jan 2019

Introduced: 4 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-6128  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-244  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 libtiff.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtiff package and not the libtiff package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The TIFFFdOpen function in tif_unix.c in LibTIFF 4.0.10 has a memory leak, as demonstrated by pal2rgb.

CVSS Scores

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