UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12211

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CVE-2019-12211
Published: 20 May 2019, 16:29
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 02:56

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

20 May 2019, 16:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 02:56
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•freeimage

    < 3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 | < 3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 | < 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1build0.18.04.1 | < 3.18.0+ds2-1ubuntu3.1

References (5)