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An exploitable heap write out of bounds vulnerability exists in the decoding of BPG images in Libbpg library

Published Jan 26, 2017

Description

An exploitable heap write out of bounds vulnerability exists in the decoding of BPG images in Libbpg library. A crafted BPG image decoded by libbpg can cause an integer underflow vulnerability causing an out of bounds heap write leading to remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered via attempting to decode a crafted BPG image using Libbpg.

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CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner talos
Published Jan 26, 2017
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Oct 17, 2016
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a