Infinite loop in FreeImage - CVE-2023-47997

Vulnerability identifier: #VU87336

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-47997

CWE-ID: CWE-835

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

FreeImage
openEuler
Fedora
freeimage
freeimage-devel
mingw-freeimage

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

freeimage - update to 3.18.0-7
freeimage-devel - update to 3.18.0-7
mingw-freeimage - addressed in versions 3.19.0-0.20.svn1909.fc38, 3.19.0-0.20.svn1909.fc39, 3.19.0-0.20.svn1909.fc40
freeimage - addressed in versions 3.19.0-0.23.svn1909.fc38, 3.19.0-0.23.svn1909.fc39, 3.19.0-0.23.svn1909.fc40

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

• Multiple vulnerabilities in FreeImage
• Fedora 39 update for freeimage, mingw-freeimage
• Fedora 38 update for freeimage, mingw-freeimage
• Fedora 40 update for freeimage, mingw-freeimage
• openEuler update for freeimage