Vulnerability · Published Mar 20, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-28562
Medium 6.8
In plain English
A medium-severity out-of-bounds write in the freeimage package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in open source FreeImage v.3.19.0 [r1909] allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the Imf_2_2::copyIntoFrameBuffer() component when reading images in EXR format.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | freeimage | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28562 |
| Debian:13 | freeimage | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28562 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28562 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28562 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28562 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28562 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28562 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
References
- https://github.com/Ruanxingzhi/vul-report/tree/master/freeimage-r1909
- [oss-security] 20240411 Re: Re: CWE-121, CWE-122: libfreeimage 3.40-3.18/19+ buffer overflow mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20240411 Re: Re: CWE-121, CWE-122: libfreeimage 3.40-3.18/19+ buffer overflow mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20240411 Re: CWE-121, CWE-122: libfreeimage 3.40-3.18/19+ buffer overflow mailing-list