USN-4529-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12211)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2020-09-22 12:42 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
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Summary
freeimage vulnerabilities
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It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause a heap buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service attack. (CVE-2019-12211)

It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed images under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a stack exhaustion condition, resulting in a denial of service attack. (CVE-2019-12213)

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  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:58Z",
  "published": "2020-09-22T12:42:37Z",
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