Vulnerability · Published Oct 31, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-46361
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in the jbig2dec package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Artifex Software jbig2dec v0.20 was discovered to contain a SEGV vulnerability via jbig2_error at /jbig2dec/jbig2.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | jbig2dec | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46361 |
| Debian:13 | jbig2dec | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46361 |
| Debian:14 | jbig2dec | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46361 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | jbig2dec | 0.19-3ubuntu0.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46361 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | jbig2dec | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46361 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400