CVE-2019-12213
MEDIUMFreeImage 3.18.0 - Denial of Service via TIFFReadDirectory Stack Exhaustion
Title source: llmDescription
When FreeImage 3.18.0 reads a special TIFF file, the TIFFReadDirectory function in PluginTIFF.cpp always returns 1, leading to stack exhaustion.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PUWVVP67FYM4GMWD7TPQ7C7JPPRUZHYE/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZ7KBYPPNRMX7RRWVJSX4T63E3TFB6TG/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00012.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4593
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/45
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4529-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-02
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0033
EPSS Percentile
56.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (7)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
fedoraproject/fedora
30
fedoraproject/fedora
31
freeimage_project/freeimage
3.18.0
Published
May 20, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026