CVE-2023-46361 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

A segmentation fault in the jbig2dec library allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted JBIG2 files.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2023-46361?

CVE-2023-46361 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Artifex Software jbig2dec v0.20 was discovered to contain a SEGV vulnerability via jbig2_error at /jbig2dec/jbig2.c.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-46361?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Artifex Jbig2dec.

How do I fix CVE-2023-46361?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2023-46361 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-46361 exists.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46361, ECHO-8c8b-2c3d-5d6b, GHSA-jm56-5fwr-8p7q, OESA-2024-2110, OESA-2024-2111, OESA-2024-2112 and 6 more.

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