Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU36931

Buffer overflow in catimg - CVE-2018-13794

Published: July 9, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU36931

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13794

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: posva (Eduardo San Martin Morote)

Affected software:
catimg

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

A heap-based buffer overflow exists in stbi__bmp_load_cont in stb_image.h in catimg 2.4.0.

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