What is CVE-2015-7508?

CVE-2015-7508 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netsurf-Browser Libnsbmp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2015-7508?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netsurf-Browser Libnsbmp

CVE-2015-7508

Heap-based buffer overflow in the bmp_decode_rle function in libnsbmp.c in Libnsbmp 0.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the last row of RLE data in a crafted BMP file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.029 (85.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netsurf-browser Libnsbmp — versions 0.1.2
N/a Libnsbmp — versions 0.1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7508?: CVE-2015-7508 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netsurf-Browser Libnsbmp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2015-7508?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.