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CVE-2019-6128

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-6128 is a memory leak vulnerability in the TIFFFdOpen function of LibTIFF 4.0.10, affecting products like Canonical, Debian, and openSUSE. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into opening a malicious file. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libtiff:libtiff:4.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
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:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0387 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: libtiff
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: mingw-libtiff

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-6128Moderate

libtiff: memory leak in TIFFFdOpen function in tif_unix.c when using pal2rgb

Jan 4, 2019

References

bugzilla.maptools.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00041.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/155095/Slackware-Security-Advisory-libtiff-Updates.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
gitlab.com / libtiff/libtiff/commit/0c74a9f49b8d7a36b17b54a7428b3526d20f88a8
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00027.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Nov/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-25
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3906-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3906-2
Third Party Advisory