CVE-2018-7587 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in applications using CImg by providing a crafted BMP image that triggers an allocation failure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-7587?
CVE-2018-7587 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7587?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cimg Cimg.
How do I fix CVE-2018-7587?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-7587 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7587 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7587, GHSA-vrf4-rm5p-c95x, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7587.