TI-2024-08382 Aliases CVE-2024-9029 GHSA-fp55-3wc6-fhhx

Freeimage: heap buffer overflow in tiff_read_iptc_profile

LOW 39CWE-126Published 2024-09-27 · Updated 2024-09-27

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-126 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00514 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

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Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	freeimage	—	—	No fix listed	CNA

freeimage Vendor— Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Vulnerable	Freeimage Project

cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Freeimage Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-9029
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fp55-3wc6-fhhx

References

Exploit 1

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

Advisory 1

RHBZ#2313704

TI-2025-43177 FreeImage 3.18.0 contains a Use After Free in PluginTARGA.cpp;loadRLE(). CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-25989 An integer overflow vulnerability in LoadPixelDataRLE4 function in PluginBMP.cpp in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-25987 An integer overflow vulnerability in FreeImageIO.cpp::_MemoryReadProc in FreeImage 3.18.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-17380 A heap overflow bug exists FreeImage before 1.18.0 via ofLoad function in PluginJPEG.cpp. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-17378 A heap overflow vulnerability in FreeImage 1.18.0 via the ofLoad function in PluginTIFF.cpp. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2020-14868 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in PSDParser.cpp::ReadImageLine() in FreeImage 3.19.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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