CVE-2019-12212

Name	CVE-2019-12212
Description	When 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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs	929597

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
freeimage (PTS)	jessie (security), jessie	3.15.4-4.2+deb8u1	vulnerable
	stretch	3.17.0+ds1-5	vulnerable
	bullseye, sid, buster	3.18.0+ds2-1	vulnerable

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
freeimage	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	medium		929597

Notes

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