Fedora 38 update for freeimage, mingw-freeimage

Published: 2024-03-11

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-47995 CVE-2023-47997
CWE-ID	CWE-120 CWE-835
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Fedora Operating systems & Components / Operating system mingw-freeimage Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component freeimage Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU87335

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-2023-47995

CWE-ID: CWE-120 - Buffer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the FreeImage_AllocateBitmap() function in BitmapAccess.cpp. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 38

mingw-freeimage: before 3.19.0-0.20.svn1909.fc38

freeimage: before 3.19.0-0.23.svn1909.fc38

CPE2.3

External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-e6a35cd250

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) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU87336