Denial of Service Vulnerability in CImg Library by CImg Project
CVE-2018-7587

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Cimg

Status
Cimg
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 March 2018

What is CVE-2018-7587?

A vulnerability in the CImg library was identified that may lead to denial of service when handling specially crafted BMP images. Specifically, when loading a malformed BMP file, the CImg library experiences an allocation failure due to improper handling in the load_bmp function as defined in CImg.h. This flaw can potentially disrupt application availability that relies on the CImg library for image processing.

References

https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/cimg
x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4039-1/
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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