CVE-2021-42716

Publication date 21 October 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.1 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libstb 24.10 oracular
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.1 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H