CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-7637

HIGH
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in CImg v.220. A heap-based buffer over-read in load_bmp in CImg.h occurs when loading a crafted bmp image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-7588. This is in a "16 colors" case, aka case 4.

How to fix

Remediation Available
cimgDebian
Fixed in:2.3.6+dfsg-1CVE-2018-7637
Fixed in:2.3.6+dfsg-1CVE-2018-7637
Fixed in:2.3.6+dfsg-1CVE-2018-7637
Fixed in:2.3.6+dfsg-1CVE-2018-7637

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days
66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.