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
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)			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/