High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 20, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-12211
CVE-2019-12211
Description
When FreeImage 3.18.0 reads a tiff file, it will be handed to the Load function of the PluginTIFF.cpp file, but a memcpy occurs in which the destination address and the size of the copied data are not considered, resulting in a heap overflow.
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Affected products
3- FreeImage/FreeImagedescription
- Range: <3.18.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00012.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/45nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-02nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4529-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4593nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PUWVVP67FYM4GMWD7TPQ7C7JPPRUZHYE/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZ7KBYPPNRMX7RRWVJSX4T63E3TFB6TG/nvd
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