CVE-2019-11459

21

FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-11459 is a vulnerability in GNOME Evince (through version 3.32.0) that allows uninitialized memory use when processing specially crafted TIFF image files due to improper error handling in the tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions. This flaw affects various distributions including Canonical, Debian, Fedora, GNOME, OpenSUSE, and Red Hat. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file). A successful exploit could lead to high confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a low profile.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 3.32.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evince::::::::
		16.04CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
		18.04CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
		18.10CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:::::::*
		19.04CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

1.44%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

70.5%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-25

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0144 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (31)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: evince-0:3.28.2-9.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: poppler-0:0.26.5-42.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-software-0:3.30.6-2.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: accountsservice-0:0.6.50-7.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: appstream-data-0:8-20190805.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: baobab-0:3.28.0-2.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: chrome-gnome-shell-0:10.1-6.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: evince-0:3.28.4-3.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: file-roller-0:3.28.1-2.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gdk-pixbuf2-0:2.36.12-5.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gdm-1:3.28.3-22.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gjs-0:1.56.2-3.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-control-center-0:3.28.2-5.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-desktop3-0:3.32.2-1.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-remote-desktop-0:0.1.6-5.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-settings-daemon-0:3.32.0-4.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-shell-0:3.32.2-9.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-shell-extensions-0:3.32.1-10.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gnome-tweaks-0:3.28.1-6.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gsettings-desktop-schemas-0:3.32.0-3.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gtk3-0:3.22.30-4.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gvfs-0:1.36.2-6.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mozjs60-0:60.9.0-3.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mutter-0:3.32.2-10.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: nautilus-0:3.28.1-10.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pango-0:1.42.4-6.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pidgin-0:2.13.0-5.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: plymouth-0:0.9.3-15.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: SDL-0:1.2.15-35.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: wayland-protocols-0:1.17-1.el8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: webkit2gtk3-0:2.24.3-1.el8

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-11459Low

evince: uninitialized memory use in function tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail()

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00089.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:3553

Third Party Advisory

gitlab.gnome.org / GNOME/evince/issues/1129

PatchThird Party Advisory

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7LU4YZK5S46TZAH4J3NYYUYFMOC47LJG

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJ6R7NMY44IHIQIY24CV3WV2GLGJPQPZ

seclists.org / bugtraq/2020/Feb/18

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

usn.ubuntu.com / 3959-1

Third Party Advisory

debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4624

Third Party Advisory