CVE-2024-28572 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package freeimage  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2510-FREEIMAGE-15021462
  • published17 Jan 2026
  • disclosed20 Mar 2024

Introduced: 20 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-28572  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:25.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freeimage package and not the freeimage package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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_SetTagValue() function when reading images in JPEG format.