CVE-2026-42146

medium

Description

CImg Library is a C++ library for image processing. Prior to commit c3aacf5, the nb_colors field read from the BMP file header is used directly to compute an allocation size without validating it against the remaining file size. A crafted BMP file with a large nb_colors value triggers an out-of-memory condition, crashing any application that uses CImg to load untrusted BMP files. This issue has been patched via commit c3aacf5.

References

https://github.com/GreycLab/CImg/security/advisories/GHSA-g54r-qmgx-c6fv

https://github.com/GreycLab/CImg/releases/tag/v.3.7.5

https://github.com/GreycLab/CImg/issues/477

https://github.com/GreycLab/CImg/commit/c3aacf5b96ac1e54b7af1957c6737dbf3949f6d3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-04

Updated: 2026-05-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium