Buffer Overflow The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package freeimage (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published24 Jun 2025
- disclosed9 Jan 2024
Introduced: 9 Jan 2024
CVE-2023-47995 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freeimage package and not the freeimage package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-47995
- https://freeimage.sourceforge.io/
- https://github.com/thelastede/FreeImage-cve-poc/tree/master/CVE-2023-47995
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EDK7DSADYUHJFNVSRGJHEFJGMWRGGDLM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3ZNVRL5PCTMMA3ZBDKH5WH4RT4ST3HW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VLDUDJOWZAKBQMQ7XYNJTRCFPOB56BOE/
- 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/