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Vulnerability · Published Jan 9, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2023-47997

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity infinite loop in the freeimage 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).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)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

An issue discovered in BitmapAccess.cpp::FreeImage_AllocateBitmap in FreeImage 3.18.0 leads to an infinite loop and allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12freeimageno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-47997
Debian:13freeimageno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2023-47997
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSfreeimageno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-47997
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSfreeimageno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-47997
Ubuntu:25.10freeimageno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-47997
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSfreeimageno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-47997
Ubuntu:26.10freeimageno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2023-47997

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-835 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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