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CVE-2023-47997

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-835

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 products

• FreeImage: 3.18.0

References

• https://github.com/thelastede/FreeImage-cve-poc/tree/master/CVE-2023-47997
• 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://github.com/thelastede/FreeImage-cve-poc/tree/master/CVE-2023-47997
• 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/

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