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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
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40266
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

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

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FreeimageFreeimage_project*1.18.0 (excluding)
FreeimageUbuntubionic*
FreeimageUbuntufocal*
FreeimageUbuntulunar*
FreeimageUbuntumantic*
FreeimageUbuntuoracular*
FreeimageUbuntuplucky*
FreeimageUbuntutrusty*
FreeimageUbuntutrusty/esm*
FreeimageUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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