CVE-2019-12213 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via stack exhaustion by providing a specially crafted TIFF file to applications using the FreeImage library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-12213?
CVE-2019-12213 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 May 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
When FreeImage 3.18.0 reads a special TIFF file, the TIFFReadDirectory function in PluginTIFF.cpp always returns 1, leading to stack exhaustion.
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12213?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Freeimage Project Freeimage.
How do I fix CVE-2019-12213?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-12213 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12213 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2023-UT28190, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12213, GHSA-32gm-g888-8wvj, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12213.