What is CVE-2019-12212?

CVE-2019-12212 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2019-12212?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Freeimage Project

CVE-2019-12212

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.

EPSS: 0.019 (77.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freeimage_project Freeimage — versions 3.18.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12212?: CVE-2019-12212 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2019-12212?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.