# CVE-2019-12214: In FreeImage 3.18.0, an out-of-bounds access occurs because of mishandling of the OpenJPEG j2k\_read\_ppm\_v3 function in j2k.c.

- 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

In FreeImage 3.18.0, an out-of-bounds access occurs because of mishandling of the OpenJPEG j2k_read_ppm_v3 function in j2k.c. The value of l_N_ppm comes from the file read in, and the code does not consider that l_N_ppm may be greater than the size of p_header_data.

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## References

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

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