Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-28566

HighPublic PoC

Published: 20 March 2024

Published
20 March 2024
Modified
28 March 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0007 22.2th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-28566 is a high-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Freeimage Project Freeimage. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked at the 22.2th 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

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in open source FreeImage v.3.19.0 [r1909] allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the AssignPixel() function when reading images in TIFF format.

CWE(s)
CWE-121

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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Why these techniques?

Buffer overflow in FreeImage library enables arbitrary code execution via crafted TIFF images processed by vulnerable applications, facilitating Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203).

Affected Assets

freeimage project
freeimage
3.19.0

Mitigating Controls

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

References