stb stb_image.h 2.19, as used in catimg, Emscripten, and other products, has a heap-based buffer overflow in the stbi__out_gif_code function.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7913-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the stb library, included in MAME, had a

    heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue

    to crash the program or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16981)

    It was discovered that the tinyexr library, included in MAME, had a heap- based buffer over-read

    in the function DecodePixelData. An

    attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information or crash the program.
    (CVE-2022-34300)

    It was discovered that the expat library, included in MAME, had an integer-overflow in the function     doProlog. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program or execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2021-46143)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - stb stb_image.h 2.19, as used in catimg, Emscripten, and other products, has a heap-based buffer overflow     in the stbi__out_gif_code function. (CVE-2018-16981)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3305 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3305-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/        Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org>     January 31, 2023                              https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : libstb     Version        : 0.0~git20180212.15.e6afb9c-1+deb10u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2018-16981 CVE-2019-13217 CVE-2019-13218 CVE-2019-13219                      CVE-2019-13220 CVE-2019-13221 CVE-2019-13222 CVE-2019-13223                      CVE-2021-28021 CVE-2021-37789 CVE-2021-42715 CVE-2022-28041                      CVE-2022-28042     Debian Bug     : 934966 1014530 1023693 1014531 1014532

    Several vulnerabilities have been fixed in the libstb library.

    CVE-2018-16981

        Heap-based buffer overflow in stbi__out_gif_code().

    CVE-2019-13217

        Heap buffer overflow in the Vorbis start_decoder().

    CVE-2019-13218

        Division by zero in the Vorbis predict_point().

    CVE-2019-13219

        NULL pointer dereference in the Vorbis get_window().

    CVE-2019-13220

        Uninitialized stack variables in the Vorbis start_decoder().

    CVE-2019-13221

        Buffer overflow in the Vorbis compute_codewords().

    CVE-2019-13222

        Out-of-bounds read of a global buffer in the Vorbis draw_line().

    CVE-2019-13223

        Reachable assertion in the Vorbis lookup1_values().

    CVE-2021-28021

        Buffer overflow in stbi__extend_receive().

    CVE-2021-37789

        Heap-based buffer overflow in stbi__jpeg_load().

    CVE-2021-42715

        The HDR loader parsed truncated end-of-file RLE scanlines as an         infinite sequence of zero-length runs.

    CVE-2022-28041

        Integer overflow in stbi__jpeg_decode_block_prog_dc().

    CVE-2022-28042

        Heap-based use-after-free in stbi__jpeg_huff_decode().

    For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version     0.0~git20180212.15.e6afb9c-1+deb10u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your libstb packages.

    For the detailed security status of libstb please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libstb

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
277580	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 : MAME vulnerabilities (USN-7913-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
258727	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-16981	Nessus	Misc.	high
170983	Debian dla-3305 : libstb-dev - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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