CImg through 4.0.6 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the loadbmp() function of CImg.h caused by an integer overflow in…
CVE-2026-117555
CImg through 4.0.6 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the loadbmp() function of CImg.h caused by an integer overflow in the row byte count. Attackers can supply a crafted BMP file with a large header width that wraps dxbytes, causing crashes or heap memory disclosure into the decoded image.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 6.9 (v4.0)
- Severity
- Medium
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 27 October 2026
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Assigner
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
At the source
References
- https://github.com/GreycLab/CImg
- https://github.com/GreycLab/CImg/blob/v.4.0.6/CImg.h#L55659
- https://github.com/GreycLab/CImg/commit/b9ed613d9984f9caa1617b97e1db7e429cf14fd5
- https://github.com/GreycLab/CImg/issues/495
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/greyclab-cimg-through-4.0.6-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-integer-overflow-in-load-bmp
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