Name: CVE-2019-12213: Uncontrolled Recursion
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-12213, CWE-674, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.022

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

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade freeimage	Jan 19, 2021	May 20, 2019
Debian	—	Upgrade freeimage	Dec 12, 2019	May 20, 2019
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade media-libs/freeimage.	Jul 5, 2021	May 20, 2019
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libfreeimage3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libfreeimageplus-devUpgrade libfreeimage-devUpgrade libfreeimage3Upgrade libfreeimageplus3Upgrade libfreeimageplus3 (Ubuntu Pro)	Sep 23, 2020	May 20, 2019

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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