USN-6586-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12211)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-01-16 12:44 – Updated: 2026-06-29 10:53 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
freeimage vulnerabilities
Details
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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-12213)
It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed certain images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-21427, CVE-2020-21428)
It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed certain images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PFM file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-22524)
References
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"details": "It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly handled certain memory\noperations. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF file, a\nremote attacker could use this issue to cause a heap buffer overflow,\nresulting in a denial of service attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu\n16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-12211)\n\nIt was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed images under\ncertain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF\nfile, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a stack\nexhaustion condition, resulting in a denial of service attack. This issue\nonly affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-12213)\n\nIt was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed certain images.\nIf a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially\ncrafted image file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-21427,\nCVE-2020-21428)\n\nIt was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed certain images.\nIf a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially\ncrafted PFM file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\ndenial of service. (CVE-2020-22524)\n",
"id": "USN-6586-1",
"modified": "2026-06-29T10:53:06Z",
"published": "2024-01-16T12:44:38Z",
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