CVE-2019-12212: Freeimage Project Freeimage

High severity, CVSS 7.5. 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.

Affected products

• Freeimage Project Freeimage: version 3.18.0 only

Published 2019-05-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.