Buffer overflow in Freeimage Project
CVE-2019-12211
When FreeImage 3.18.0 reads a tiff file, it will be handed to the Load function of the PluginTIFF.cpp file, but a memcpy occurs in which the destination address and the size of the copied data are not considered, resulting in a heap overflow.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.042 (90.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freeimage Project — versions 3.18.0
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 18.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00012.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4593 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/45 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4529-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-02 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-12211?
- CVE-2019-12211 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-20.
- How severe is CVE-2019-12211?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-12211 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.