CVE-2019-12213

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

When FreeImage 3.18.0 reads a special TIFF file, the TIFFReadDirectory function in PluginTIFF.cpp always returns 1, leading to stack exhaustion.

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 Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.18.0+ds2-3`
sid	Fixed	`3.18.0+ds2-3`
forky	Fixed	`3.18.0+ds2-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.18.0+ds2-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.18.0+ds2-3`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12213

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

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