Buffer Over-read in freeimage Library Leads to Denial of Service
CVE-2024-9029

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Key Information:

Vendor: freeimage library
Status: Freeimage
Vendor: CVE Published:; 27 September 2024

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What is CVE-2024-9029?

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2313704

https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/351/

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Timeline

Vulnerability published
Sep 27, 2024

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