CVE-2024-28577 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2024-03-20

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00035.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Ruanxingzhi/vul-report/tree/master/freeimage-r1909

History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Freeimage Project Freeimage Project freeimage
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.19.0:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Freeimage Project Freeimage Project freeimage

Subscriptions

Freeimage Project Freeimage

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-03-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:40:39.194Z

Reserved: 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-28577

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:56:57.887Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-20T06:15:11.120

Modified: 2025-03-28T14:48:33.360

Link: CVE-2024-28577

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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