CVE-2019-12212

7.5 highEPSS 1.9%

High (7.5) in freeimage project freeimage. EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-674
Published: 2019-05-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

freeimage_project:freeimage

References

https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/
https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/

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