CVE-2021-42716

An issue was discovered in stb stb_image.h 2.27

published October 21, 2021

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
73.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An issue was discovered in stb stb_image.h 2.27. The PNM loader incorrectly interpreted 16-bit PGM files as 8-bit when converting to RGBA, leading to a buffer overflow when later reinterpreting the result as a 16-bit buffer. An attacker could potentially have crashed a service using stb_image, or read up to 1024 bytes of non-consecutive heap data without control over the read location.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01456 · 73.3th percentile
Published
2021-10-21T18:36Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 OCT 18:36Z
    An issue was discovered in stb stb_image.h 2.27
    cvelistv5