CVE-2024-22949

JFreeChart v1.5.4 was discovered to contain a NullPointerException via the component /chart/annotations/CategoryLineAnnotation. NOTE: this is disputed by multiple third parties who believe there was not reasonable evidence to determine the existence of a vulnerability. The submission may have been based on a tool that is not sufficiently robust for vulnerability identification.

Published: 2024-04-08 Last update: 2025-05-27 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-22949 is rated Moderate Risk (46.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.11%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-22949

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.42% 0.11% -0.30%
2 2025-11-18 0.12% 0.42% +0.29%
3 2025-05-18 — 0.12% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-22949

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.1 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.2 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-22949

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-22949

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-22949 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libjfreechart-java), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, upstream, xenial): not-affected 5, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-22949

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-22949

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jfree jfreechart 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:jfree:jfreechart:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-22949

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