CVE-2024-28570

Publication date 20 March 2024

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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 processMakerNote() function when reading images in JPEG format.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
freeimage	25.04 plucky	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	24.10 oracular	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	14.04 LTS trusty	Vulnerable, fix deferred

Notes

juliaphoebe

Patch code not available upstream as of 2025-01-15

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H