Stack Exhaustion Vulnerability in FreeImage 3.18.0 when Reading Special JXR Files

CVE-2019-12212 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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