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Status published
Medium
CVE-2021-42715
An issue was discovered in stb stb_image.h 1.33 through 2.27....
Vulnerability Description
An issue was discovered in stb stb_image.h 1.33 through 2.27. The HDR loader parsed truncated end-of-file RLE scanlines as an infinite sequence of zero-length runs. An attacker could potentially have caused denial of service in applications using stb_image by submitting crafted HDR files.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/1224
- https://github.com/nothings/stb/pull/1223
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G2M5CRSGPRF7G3YB5CLU4FXW7ANNHAYT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ID6II3RIKAMVGVMC6ZAQIXXYYDMTVC4N/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEGXBDEMTFGINETMJENBZ6SCHVEJQJSY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CI23LXPEV2GCDQTJSKO6CIILBDTI3R42/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FTZXHFZD36BGE5P6JF252NZZLKMGCY4T/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VP2YEXEAJWI76FPM7D7VXHWD3WESQEYC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3TDGZFLBOP27LZKLH45WQLSNPSPP7S7Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AF2CNP4FVC6LDKNOO4WDCGNDYIP3MPK6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TXX76TJMZBPN3NU542MGN6B7C7QHRFGB/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00045.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
stb image.h, fedora, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
1.33, 33, 34, 35, 10.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 21st, 2021
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.