Multiple vulnerabilities in FreeImage

Published: 2024-03-11

Risk	Medium
Patch available	NO
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-47997 CVE-2023-47995
CWE-ID	CWE-835 CWE-120
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	FreeImage Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor	FreeImage

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU87336

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-47997

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the FreeImage_AllocateBitmap() function in BitmapAccess.cpp. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

FreeImage: 3.0.0 - 3.19.0

CPE2.3

External links

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

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU87335