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A vulnerability was found in FreeImage 3.18.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function j2k_read_ppm_v3 of the file j2k.c. The manipulation of the argument l_N_ppm leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-12214. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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A vulnerability was found in FreeImage 3.18.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function j2k_read_ppm_v3 of the file j2k.c. The manipulation of the argument l_N_ppm with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 05/19/2019. The weakness was published 05/20/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-12214 since 05/20/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at VDB-135274, VDB-135273 and VDB-135272. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• 3.18.0

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