CVE-2019-1010006

evince: buffer overflow in backend/tiff/tiff-document.c leads to DOS/possible code execution

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 14, 2019

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

Evince 3.26.0 is affected by buffer overflow. The impact is: DOS / Possible code execution. The component is: backend/tiff/tiff-document.c. The attack vector is: Victim must open a crafted PDF file. The issue occurs because of an incorrect integer overflow protection mechanism in tiff_document_render and tiff_document_get_thumbnail.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')