Name | CVE-2024-9029 |
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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Debian Bugs | 1082848 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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freeimage (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.18.0+ds2-6+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 3.18.0+ds2-11 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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freeimage | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1082848 |
Notes
[bookworm] - freeimage <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - freeimage <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/351/