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CVE-2024-28568 (GCVE-0-2024-28568)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-20 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 19:00
VLAI
Summary
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in open source FreeImage v.3.19.0 [r1909] allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) via the read_iptc_profile() function when reading images in TIFF format.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-02 19:00 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
freeimage_project freeimage Affected: 3.19.0
    cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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