Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-25450

HighPublic PoC

Published: 09 February 2024

Published
09 February 2024
Modified
16 June 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0007 21.5th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-25450 is a high-severity Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime (CWE-401) vulnerability in Enlightenment Imlib2. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 21.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

imlib2 v1.9.1 was discovered to mishandle memory allocation in the function init_imlib_fonts().

CWE(s)
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-401

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability in imlib2's init_imlib_fonts() causes invalid memory allocation leading to application crash (SIGABRT) when processing a malicious file in feh, enabling endpoint denial of service through application exploitation.

Affected Assets

enlightenment
imlib2
1.9.1

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References