USN-4529-1

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    USN-4529-1

    Published: 22 Sept 2020Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: freeimage vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause a heap buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service attack. (CVE-2019-12211) It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed images under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a stack exhaustion condition, resulting in a denial of service attack. (CVE-2019-12213)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4529-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12211, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12213

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: freeimage

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+ds1-5+deb9u1build0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1build0.18.04.1

    Affected versions

    3.17.0+ds1-5build2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    USN-4529-1 | CVE-DB