| 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 | 947477 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| freeimage (PTS) | jessie | 3.15.4-4.2+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 3.15.4-4.2+deb8u2 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (security), stretch | 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1 | vulnerable | |
| buster, buster (security) | 3.18.0+ds2-1+deb10u1 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye, sid | 3.18.0+ds2-3 | 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) | 947477 |
[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/