In FreeImage 3.18.0, an out-of-bounds access occurs because of mishandling of the…
Priority LOW 36CWE-125Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In FreeImage 3.18.0, an out-of-bounds access occurs because of mishandling of the OpenJPEG j2k_read_ppm_v3 function in j2k.c. The value of l_N_ppm comes from the file read in, and the code does not consider that l_N_ppm may be greater than the size of p_header_data.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01458 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.18.0 | Vulnerable | Freeimage Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.18.0 Vulnerable ·Freeimage Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-12214
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4fj8-c7x8-6q88
References
More Freeimage Project Freeimage vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-43177 FreeImage 3.18.0 contains a Use After Free in PluginTARGA.cpp;loadRLE(). CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-25989 An integer overflow vulnerability in LoadPixelDataRLE4 function in PluginBMP.cpp in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-25987 An integer overflow vulnerability in FreeImageIO.cpp::_MemoryReadProc in FreeImage 3.18.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-17380 A heap overflow bug exists FreeImage before 1.18.0 via ofLoad function in PluginJPEG.cpp. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-17378 A heap overflow vulnerability in FreeImage 1.18.0 via the ofLoad function in PluginTIFF.cpp. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-14868 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in PSDParser.cpp::ReadImageLine() in FreeImage 3.19.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-12214 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-12214 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4fj8-c7x8-6q88 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-12214 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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