{"id":"USN-6586-1","summary":"freeimage vulnerabilities","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","modified":"2026-04-24T10:02:53.274495177Z","published":"2024-01-16T12:44:38Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12211","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12213","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21427","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21428","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22524"],"upstream":["CVE-2019-12211","CVE-2019-12213","CVE-2020-21428","CVE-2020-22524","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12211","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12213","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21428","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22524"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6586-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12211"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12213"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21428"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-22524"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"freeimage","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeimage@3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm3?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm3"}]}],"versions":["3.15.1-2build1","3.15.1-2build2","3.15.4-2","3.15.4-3","3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1","3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm1","3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available 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