# CVE-2024-28567: Memory corruption in n/a

> A local attacker can cause a denial of service via a buffer overflow in the FreeImage library when processing TIFF images.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28567, GHSA-7rg9-mm6v-qwrq, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28567

## What is CVE-2024-28567?

CVE-2024-28567 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Freeimage Project Freeimage, published on 20 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in open source FreeImage v.3.19.0 [r1909] allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) via the FreeImage_CreateICCProfile() function when reading images in TIFF format.

Weakness: CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28567?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Freeimage Project Freeimage.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-28567?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-28567 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-28567 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-28567 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Freeimage Project Freeimage

- [CVE-2025-70968](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70968/): Use after free in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-31570](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31570/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-47992](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47992/): Integer overflow in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-47994](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47994/): Integer overflow in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-24292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24292/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-28567 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-28567 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Freeimage Project Freeimage, published on 20 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-28567 exists.

Affected product: Freeimage Project Freeimage. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28567/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28567/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28567
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28567
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-28567

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28567/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.