What is CVE-2018-16981?

CVE-2018-16981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nothings Stb Image.h, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-16981?

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

Buffer overflow in Nothings Stb Image.h

CVE-2018-16981

stb stb_image.h 2.19, as used in catimg, Emscripten, and other products, has a heap-based buffer overflow in the stbi__out_gif_code function.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (73.2th 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

Nothings Stb_image.h — versions 2.19
Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16981?: CVE-2018-16981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nothings Stb Image.h, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-16981?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.