CVE-2021-40266 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

FreeImage before 1.18.0, ReadPalette function in PluginTIFF.cpp is vulnerabile to null pointer dereference.

Published: 2023-08-22

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-27450	FreeImage before 1.18.0, ReadPalette function in PluginTIFF.cpp is vulnerabile to null pointer dereference.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00083.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HFRQ76ZDPSWT7OH6FJDLSFWBXVBE6JDN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6GKMK74POW3RU7F4HLUJE7XEFLQDO35/
https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/334/

History

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Freeimage Project Freeimage

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-10-03T18:00:41.892Z

Reserved: 2021-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40266

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:27:31.864Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-22T19:16:21.707

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:23:48.373

Link: CVE-2021-40266

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

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