What is CVE-2016-8710?

CVE-2016-8710 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libbpg, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-8710?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Libbpg

CVE-2016-8710

An exploitable heap write out of bounds vulnerability exists in the decoding of BPG images in Libbpg library. A crafted BPG image decoded by libbpg can cause an integer underflow vulnerability causing an out of bounds heap write leading to remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered via attempting to decode a crafted BPG image using Libbpg.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.034 (87.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Libbpg — versions 0.9.7, 0.9.4
Libbpg_project Libbpg — versions 0.9.4, 0.9.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
talos-cna@cisco.com (Technical Description, Exploit, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8710?: CVE-2016-8710 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libbpg, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-8710?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.