What is CVE-2024-24149?

CVE-2024-24149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-02-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-24149?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Libming

CVE-2024-24149

A memory leak issue discovered in parseSWF_GLYPHENTRY in libming v0.4.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted SWF file.

Published 2024-02-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libming — versions 0.4.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

github.com/libming/libming/issues/310 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-24149?: CVE-2024-24149 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libming, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-02-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-24149?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.