What is CVE-2018-7587?

CVE-2018-7587 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cimg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-7587?

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

Is CVE-2018-7587 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in Cimg

CVE-2018-7587

An issue was discovered in CImg v.220. DoS occurs when loading a crafted bmp image that triggers an allocation failure in load_bmp in CImg.h.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-03-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cimg — versions .220

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

xiaoqx/pocs

References

github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/cimg (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/4039-1/ (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7587?: CVE-2018-7587 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cimg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-7587?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-7587 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.