CVE-2024-28579 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in open source FreeImage v.3.19.0 [r1909] allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) via the FreeImage_Unload() function when reading images in HDR format.

Published: 2024-03-20

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00291.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Ruanxingzhi/vul-report/tree/master/freeimage-r1909

History

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Freeimage Project Freeimage Project freeimage
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.19.0:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Freeimage Project Freeimage Project freeimage

Subscriptions

Freeimage Project Freeimage

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-03-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:51:07.578Z

Reserved: 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-28579

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:56:57.690Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-20T06:15:11.440

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:21:33.523

Link: CVE-2024-28579

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read

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