CVE-2019-12212

NameCVE-2019-12212
DescriptionWhen FreeImage 3.18.0 reads a special JXR file, the StreamCalcIFDSize function of JXRMeta.c repeatedly calls itself due to improper processing of the file, eventually causing stack exhaustion. An attacker can achieve a remote denial of service attack by sending a specially constructed file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs947477

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
freeimage (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye3.18.0+ds2-6+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm, bookworm (security)3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1vulnerable
sid, trixie3.18.0+ds2-10vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
freeimagesource(unstable)(unfixed)947477

Notes

[bookworm] - freeimage <postponed> (Revisit when upstream fixes are available)
[bullseye] - freeimage <postponed> (Revisit when upstream fixes are available)
[buster] - freeimage <postponed> (Revisit when upstream fixes are available)
[stretch] - freeimage <postponed> (Revisit when upstream fixes are available)
[jessie] - freeimage <postponed> (Revisit when upstream fixes are available)
https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/

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