What is CVE-2018-16782?

CVE-2018-16782 is a high-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-16782?

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

Is CVE-2018-16782 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Entropymine Imageworsener

CVE-2018-16782

libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener 1.3.2 has a buffer overflow in the bmpr_read_rle_internal function in imagew-bmp.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-09-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Entropymine Imageworsener — versions 1.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/issues/35 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16782?: CVE-2018-16782 is a high-severity vulnerability in Entropymine Imageworsener, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-16782?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-16782 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.