Vulnerability · Published Mar 20, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-28577
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity null pointer dereference in the freeimage package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | freeimage | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28577 |
| Debian:13 | freeimage | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28577 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28577 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28577 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28577 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28577 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28577 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H