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CVE-2024-9029

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Published: Sep 27, 2024Modified: Aug 8, 2025

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7.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6
Source: patrick@puiterwijk.org (Secondary)

Description

A flaw was found in the freeimage library. Processing a crafted image can cause a buffer over-read of 1 byte in the read_iptc_profile function in the Source/Metadata/IPTC.cpp file because the size of the profile is not being sanitized, causing a crash in the application linked to the library, resulting in a denial of service.

Affected (1)

Freeimage Project
1 product
Freeimage
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Freeimage
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-126
Buffer Over-read
The product reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer.

References (2)

Source: patrick@puiterwijk.org
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: patrick@puiterwijk.org
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