CVE-2023-47995

Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value discovered in BitmapAccess.cpp::FreeImage_AllocateBitmap in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/thelastede/FreeImage-cve-poc/tree/master/CVE-2023-47995
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-2023-47995
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/[email protected]/message/EDK7DSADYUHJFNVSRGJHEFJGMWRGGDLM/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/K3ZNVRL5PCTMMA3ZBDKH5WH4RT4ST3HW/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

04 Nov 2025, 19:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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Information

Published : 2024-01-09 23:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 19:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-47995

Mitre link : CVE-2023-47995

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-47995

JSON object : View

Products Affected

freeimage_project

freeimage

CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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