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CVE-2021-40264

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Aug 22, 2023 | Modified: Aug 25, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40264
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in FreeImage before 1.18.0 via the FreeImage_CloneTag function inFreeImageTag.cpp.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Freeimage Freeimage_project * 1.18.0 (excluding)
Freeimage Ubuntu bionic *
Freeimage Ubuntu lunar *
Freeimage Ubuntu mantic *
Freeimage Ubuntu trusty *
Freeimage Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Freeimage Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References

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