CVE-2019-12213

moderate-risk

Published 2019-05-20

When FreeImage 3.18.0 reads a special TIFF file, the TIFFReadDirectory function in PluginTIFF.cpp always returns 1, leading to stack exhaustion.

Do I need to act?

0.33% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 6.5/10 Medium

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Freeimage

Ubuntu Linux

Debian Linux

Fedora

Debian Canonical Fedoraproject Freeimage Project

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00012.html

Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/45

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-02

Exploit https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4529-1/

Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4593

Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00012.html

Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/45

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-02

Exploit https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4529-1/

Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4593

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 14/34 · Moderate