CVE-2021-40266 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Project Freeimage

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Freeimage Project Freeimage
Timeline
PublishedAug 22

Description

FreeImage before 1.18.0, ReadPalette function in PluginTIFF.cpp is vulnerabile to null pointer dereference.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

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🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2021-40266: FreeImage before 1↗2023-08-22
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CVEList
CVE-2021-40266: FreeImage before 1↗2023-08-22
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GHSA
GHSA-843v-g785-48r2: FreeImage before 1↗2023-08-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2021-40266: freeimage - FreeImage before 1.18.0, ReadPalette function in PluginTIFF.cpp is vulnerabile t...↗2021
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