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…

PriorityP340high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

4.21%

89.8th percentile

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.

Affected

13 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
canonical	ubuntu_linux	—	—
debian	freeimage	< freeimage 3.18.0+ds2-3 (bookworm)	freeimage 3.18.0+ds2-3 (bookworm)
freeimage_project	freeimage	—	—
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.18.0+ds2-3	3.18.0+ds2-3
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.18.0+ds2-3	3.18.0+ds2-3
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.18.0+ds2-3	3.18.0+ds2-3
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.18.0+ds2-3	3.18.0+ds2-3
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1build0.18.04.1	3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1build0.18.04.1
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.18.0+ds2-1ubuntu3.1	3.18.0+ds2-1ubuntu3.1
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1	3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm3	3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm3
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1	3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1	3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv7.5HIGH

vendor_debian7.5HIGH

vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH

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