FreeImage: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202107-02

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in FreeImage, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Affected packages

media-libs/freeimage on all architectures
Affected versions < 3.18.0-r2
Unaffected versions >= 3.18.0-r2

Background

FreeImage is an Open Source library project for developers who would like to support popular graphics image formats like PNG, BMP, JPEG, TIFF and others as needed by today’s multimedia applications.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FreeImage. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted image file, could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or other unspecified impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All FreeImage users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/freeimage-3.18.0-r2"
 

References

Release date
July 03, 2021

Latest revision
July 03, 2021: 1

Severity
low

Exploitable
local, remote

Bugzilla entries