CVE-2019-12212

HIGH

FreeImage 3.18.0 - Denial of Service via JXR File Recursion in StreamCalcIFDSize

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

When FreeImage 3.18.0 reads a special JXR file, the StreamCalcIFDSize function of JXRMeta.c repeatedly calls itself due to improper processing of the file, eventually causing stack exhaustion. An attacker can achieve a remote denial of service attack by sending a specially constructed file.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0190
EPSS Percentile 76.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-674
Status published
Products (1)
freeimage_project/freeimage 3.18.0
Published May 20, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026