Vulnerability · Published Jan 9, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-47995
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity buffer overflow in the freeimage package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value discovered in BitmapAccess.cpp::FreeImage_AllocateBitmap in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | freeimage | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-47995 |
| Debian:13 | freeimage | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-47995 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-47995 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-47995 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-47995 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-47995 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-47995 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://github.com/thelastede/FreeImage-cve-poc/tree/master/CVE-2023-47995
- FEDORA-2024-c0b61ab46b vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-e6a35cd250 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-c4d32d51c9 vendor-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EDK7DSADYUHJFNVSRGJHEFJGMWRGGDLM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3ZNVRL5PCTMMA3ZBDKH5WH4RT4ST3HW/