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Buffer Over-read Affecting WinMerge/freeimage package, versions [0,]

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-WINMERGEFREEIMAGE-8102695
  • published 27 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 27 Sep 2024
  • credit Fedotov Andrey
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Introduced: 27 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-9029 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-126 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for WinMerge/freeimage.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Over-read due to improper handling of crafted images in the read_iptc_profile function. An attacker can cause the application to crash.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.7 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None