CVE-2026-24799CWE-120CWE-787

A heap-based buffer over-read or buffer overflow in davisking/dlib

Medium · published January 27, 2026

CVSS v4.0
5.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Out-of-bounds Write, Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in davisking dlib (dlib/external/zlib modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files inflate.C.

This issue affects dlib: before v19.24.9.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:L/U:Amber
EPSS
0.00133 · 2.5th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'); CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2026-01-27T08:31Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 JAN 08:31Z
    A heap-based buffer over-read or buffer overflow in davisking/dlib
    cvelistv5