What is CVE-2024-28579?

CVE-2024-28579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2024-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2024-28579?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-28579 known to be exploited?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Freeimage Project

CVE-2024-28579

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (21.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

NaInSec/CVE-LIST

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28579?: CVE-2024-28579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2024-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2024-28579?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-28579 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.