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title: "CVE-2015-0852\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-0852

Publication date 29 September 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple integer underflows in PluginPCX.cpp in FreeImage 3.17.0 and
earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory
corruption) via vectors related to the height and width of a window.

### From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly handled certain PCX files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| freeimage | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0852)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0852)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-0852)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0852)

### Other references

* <https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=144073280200732&w=2>
* <http://freeimage.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeimage/FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginPCX.cpp?r1=1.17&r2=1.18&pathrev=MAIN>
* <http://freeimage.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freeimage/FreeImage/Source/FreeImage/PluginPCX.cpp?r1=1.18&r2=1.19&pathrev=MAIN>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0852>
