# CVE-2019-12211: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-05-20 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/e06734bed5/
- 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4593
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/45
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4529-1/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-02

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