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CVE-2024-9029

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2024-09-27 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Freeimage Project Freeimage

Weakness Type

CWE-126

References