CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-40266

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Aug 22, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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

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

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