CVE-2021-40266: FreeImage before 1.18.0, ReadPalette function in PluginTIFF.cpp is vulnerabile to null pointer dereference.

PriorityP425medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.82%

53.5th percentile

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

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	freeimage	—	—
freeimage_project	freeimage	< 1.18.0	1.18.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv6.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM

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