Integer underflow in FreeImage - CVE-2015-0852
Published: August 29, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80084
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0852
CWE-ID: CWE-191
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow in PluginPCX.cpp. A remote attacker can trigger an integer underflow and crash the application.
Affected software
FreeImage
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
freeimage
media-libs/freeimage
mingw-freeimage
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
freeimage
media-libs/freeimage
mingw-freeimage
How to mitigate CVE-2015-0852
Install updates from vendor's website.
FreeImage - update to 3.18.0
freeimage - addressed in versions 3.10.0-23.fc21, 3.10.0-23.fc22, 3.17.0-1.fc23
media-libs/freeimage - update to 3.15.4-r1
mingw-freeimage - addressed in versions 3.15.4-6.fc22, 3.17.0-1.fc23
freeimage - addressed in versions 3.10.0-23.fc21, 3.10.0-23.fc22, 3.17.0-1.fc23
media-libs/freeimage - update to 3.15.4-r1
mingw-freeimage - addressed in versions 3.15.4-6.fc22, 3.17.0-1.fc23
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172491.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172583.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168023.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167766.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3392
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/28/1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034077
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=797165
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-68
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html