CVE-2024-9029 | Freeimage: heap buffer overflow in tiff_read_iptc_profile

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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.

Published: 2024-09-27 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-9029 is rated Exploit Available (58.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-9029

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-9029

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 2026-06-15 0.21% 0.49% +0.28%
2 2026-06-12 0.13% 0.21% +0.08%
3 2026-01-31 — 0.13% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-9029

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful 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 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-9029

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-9029

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-9029 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (freeimage), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-9029
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-9029 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (freeimage), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): deferred 7, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-9029

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-9029

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freeimage_project freeimage — cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-9029

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2313704 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/351/ Exploit Issue Tracking
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