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

EPSS: 0.011 (62.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Cimg — versions .220
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

xiaoqx/pocs

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, 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.