USN-4158-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4158-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4158-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4158-1
Upstream
CVE (2)
Related
Published
2019-10-17T12:05:11Z
Modified
2026-04-27T15:32:56Z
Summary
tiff vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7

Affected versions

4.*
4.0.3-12.3ubuntu2
4.0.5-1
4.0.6-1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.1
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.2
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.3
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.4
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5
4.0.6-1ubuntu0.6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability":  "No subscription required",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libtiff-opengl",
            "binary_version":  "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libtiff-tools",
            "binary_version":  "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libtiff5",
            "binary_version":  "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libtiffxx5",
            "binary_version":  "4.0.6-1ubuntu0.7"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map
{
    "cves":  [
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2019-14973",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "low",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2019-17546",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "medium",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem":  "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}
source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4158-1.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / tiff

Package

Name
tiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tiff@4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

4.*
4.0.8-5
4.0.8-6
4.0.9-1
4.0.9-2
4.0.9-3
4.0.9-4
4.0.9-4ubuntu1
4.0.9-5
4.0.9-5ubuntu0.1
4.0.9-5ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability":  "No subscription required",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "libtiff-opengl",
            "binary_version":  "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libtiff-tools",
            "binary_version":  "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libtiff5",
            "binary_version":  "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libtiffxx5",
            "binary_version":  "4.0.9-5ubuntu0.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map
{
    "cves":  [
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2019-14973",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "low",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2019-17546",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "medium",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem":  "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}
source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4158-1.json"