Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package freeimage  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-FREEIMAGE-6150638
  • published24 Jun 2025
  • disclosed9 Jan 2024

Introduced: 9 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-47993  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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.

A Buffer out-of-bound read vulnerability in Exif.cpp::ReadInt32 in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service.