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CVE-2019-12211When 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…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 8.9% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-655994894e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-76f546b7b8 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191210 [SECURITY] [DLA 2031-1] freeimage security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4593 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20191229 [SECURITY] [DSA 4593-1] freeimage security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- USN-4529-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-202107-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-3856 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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