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CVE-2024-28576VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2024-28576: n/a

Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 20% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 20 Mar 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2024-28576, organizations should first restrict local access to systems processing J2K images with FreeImage 3.19.0, limiting the ability of untrusted users to supply or manipulate such images. Implement strict file validation and sandboxing for image processing applications to contain potential crashes. Monitor application logs and system stability for signs of abnormal termination or crashes related to image handling. Where possible, replace or upgrade FreeImage to a version that addresses this vulnerability once a patch is released. Until patches are available, consider disabling support for J2K image formats if not essential. Employ application whitelisting and endpoint protection to detect anomalous behavior. For developers, review and harden image parsing code to prevent buffer overflows and conduct fuzz testing on image inputs. Maintain an incident response plan to quickly recover from potential DoS events caused by this vulnerability.

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 opj_j2k_tcp_destroy() function when reading images in J2K format.

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