CVE-2019-12211

Name: CVE-2019-12211
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2019-05-20T16:29:01.053+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

HIGHCVSS 7.5/10EPSS 4.21%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2019-12211 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 4.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

7.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability

4.21%

89.7th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Freeimage Project	Freeimage	3.18.0
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	18.04

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PUWVVP67FYM4GMWD7TPQ7C7JPPRUZHYE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZ7KBYPPNRMX7RRWVJSX4T63E3TFB6TG/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/45Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-02Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4529-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4593Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PUWVVP67FYM4GMWD7TPQ7C7JPPRUZHYE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZ7KBYPPNRMX7RRWVJSX4T63E3TFB6TG/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/45Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-02Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4529-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4593Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 20, 2019
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-12211?

How severe is CVE-2019-12211?

CVE-2019-12211 has a CVSS score of 7.5/10 (HIGH severity). The EPSS model estimates a 4.21% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12211?

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Source: NVD / NIST