VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-12212

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.90%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-05-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

When FreeImage 3.18.0 reads a special JXR file, the StreamCalcIFDSize function of JXRMeta.c repeatedly calls itself due to improper processing of the file, eventually causing stack exhaustion. An attacker can achieve a remote denial of service attack by sending a specially constructed file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

Primary references