Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-28579
CVE-2024-28579
Description
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 FreeImage_Unload() function when reading images in HDR format.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 3.19.0 [r1909]
- FreeImage/FreeImagedescription
- Range: 3.19.0 [r1909]
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References
1- github.com/Ruanxingzhi/vul-report/tree/master/freeimage-r1909nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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