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Status published
Medium
CVE-2019-12213
When FreeImage 3.18.0 reads a special TIFF file, the TIFFReadDirectory...
Vulnerability Description
When FreeImage 3.18.0 reads a special TIFF file, the TIFFReadDirectory function in PluginTIFF.cpp always returns 1, leading to stack exhaustion.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PUWVVP67FYM4GMWD7TPQ7C7JPPRUZHYE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZ7KBYPPNRMX7RRWVJSX4T63E3TFB6TG/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4593
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/45
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4529-1/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-02
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Affected Vendor
freeimage project
View all reports →Affected Software
freeimage, ubuntu linux, debian linux, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
3.18.0, 18.04, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 30, 31
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 20th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.