CVE-2018-16981 (GCVE-0-2018-16981)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-12 23:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:15
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-09-12 00:00
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