🛡️ CVE-2023-47996 on Debian — freeimage

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

An integer overflow vulnerability in Exif.cpp::jpeg_read_exif_dir in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows attackers to obtain information and cause a denial of service.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-47996 as tracked by Debian, for the package freeimage. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-47996 is classified as CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Arithmetic produces a value too large for its type and wraps around, so a later size or bounds check passes when it should not.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-47996 is recorded against 1 package.

  • freeimage

Timeline and source

Published on 9 January 2024 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2023-47996 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-01-09
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
freeimage — —

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