Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package cimg  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2010-CIMG-1031740
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed2 Mar 2018

Introduced: 2 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-7638  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cimg package and not the cimg package as distributed by Ubuntu.

An issue was discovered in CImg v.220. A heap-based buffer over-read in load_bmp in CImg.h occurs when loading a crafted bmp image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-7588. This is in a "256 colors" case, aka case 8.