What is CVE-2024-31570?

CVE-2024-31570 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-31570?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-31570 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Freeimage Project

CVE-2024-31570

libfreeimage in FreeImage 3.4.0 through 3.18.0 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the PluginXPM.cpp Load function via an XPM file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-09-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 47.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Freeimage Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/355/ (Permissions Required)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/11/10 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-31570?: CVE-2024-31570 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Freeimage Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-31570?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-31570 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.