CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-8710

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A heap write out of bounds vulnerability exists in the decoding of BPG images in the Libbpg library. A crafted BPG image decoded by libbpg can cause an integer underflow vulnerability leading to out of bounds heap write and remote code execution.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to remote code execution by attackers, potentially leading to data loss or system takeover.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Libbpg library to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for attempts to exploit this flaw.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS