PT-2023-12357 · Freeimage+1 · Freeimage+1

0X79H · Published 2023-08-22 · Updated 2023-08-25 · CVE-2021-40264

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeImage versions prior to 1.18.0

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. It occurs via the FreeImage CloneTag function in FreeImageTag.cpp.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.18.0, update to version 1.18.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the FreeImage CloneTag function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-40264

Affected Products

Debian

Freeimage

References · 9

• 🔥 https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/335 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-40264 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40264 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40264 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-40264 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-40264 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40264 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40264 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/69001 · Telegram Post