Vulnerability · Published Nov 8, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-46362
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the jbig2enc package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
jbig2enc v0.28 was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free via jbig2enc_auto_threshold_using_hash in src/jbig2enc.cc.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | jbig2enc | 0.30-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46362 |
| Debian:14 | jbig2enc | 0.30-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46362 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | jbig2enc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46362 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | jbig2enc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46362 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | jbig2enc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46362 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | jbig2enc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46362 |