CVE-2019-5084 describes an exploitable heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the TIF-parsing functionality of LEADTOOLS 20. A specially crafted TIF image can trigger this flaw, allowing an attacker to write beyond a heap allocation. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high potential for impact including code execution, and requires user interaction (UI:R) to exploit, typically via opening a malicious TIF file. While there are no known public exploits like Metasploit or ExploitDB entries, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, though it is not currently listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
20.0.2019.3.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:leadtools:leadtools:20.0.2019.3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.