CVE-2021-42716

An issue was discovered in stb stb_image.h 2.27. The PNM loader incorrectly interpreted 16-bit PGM files as 8-bit when converting to RGBA, leading to a buffer overflow when later reinterpreting the result as a 16-bit buffer. An attacker could potentially have crashed a service using stb_image, or read up to 1024 bytes of non-consecutive heap data without control over the read location.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2021-42716

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2021-10-21T19:15:08

• Last Modified Date
• 2022-05-13T17:25:09

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

• Access Vector
• NETWORK

• Access Compatibility
• MEDIUM

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• PARTIAL

• Integrity Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• PARTIAL

• Base Score
• 5.8

• Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 8.6

• Impact Score
• 4.9

• Version
• 3.1

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

• Attack Vector
• LOCAL

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• REQUIRED

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• HIGH

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 7.1

• Base Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 1.8

• Impact Score
• 5.2