What is CVE-2024-28577?

CVE-2024-28577 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-28577?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-28577 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Freeimage Project

CVE-2024-28577

Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in open source FreeImage v.3.19.0 [r1909] allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) via the jpeg_read_exif_profile_raw() function when reading images in JPEG format.

EPSS: 0.003 (20.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freeimage_project Freeimage — versions 3.19.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28577?: CVE-2024-28577 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-28577?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-28577 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.