# CVE-2019-6128: The TIFFFdOpen function in tif\_unix.c in LibTIFF 4.0.10 has a memory leak, as demonstrated by pal2rgb.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-01-11 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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

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## References

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-1/
- http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2836
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3906-2/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html
- https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/commit/0c74a9f49b8d7a36b17b54a7428b3526d20f88a8
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/5
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155095/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libtiff-Updates.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00027.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-25

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