VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-0852

medium
Published 2015-09-29 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.0

Description

Multiple integer underflows in PluginPCX.cpp in FreeImage 3.17.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors related to the height and width of a window.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 3.15.4-5
sid Fixed 3.15.4-5
forky Fixed 3.15.4-5
bullseye Fixed 3.15.4-5
bookworm Fixed 3.15.4-5

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
freeimage_projectfreeimage{"endIncluding":"3.17.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.