# CVE-2019-17546: tif\_getimage.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.10, as used in GDAL through 3.0.1 and other products, has an integer overflow that potentially causes

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-10-14 · Updated: 2024-12-20

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

tif_getimage.c in LibTIFF through 4.0.10, as used in GDAL through 3.0.1 and other products, has an integer overflow that potentially causes a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted RGBA image, related to a "Negative-size-param" condition.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/21674033ee246f698887604c7af7ba1962a40ddf
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/4bb584a35f87af42d6cf09d15e9ce8909a839145
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16443
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00027.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/32
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4608
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LM5ZW7E3IEW7LT2BPJP7D3RN6OUOE3MX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3S4WNIMZ7XSLY2LD5FPRPZMGNUBVKOG/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00020.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4670

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