CVE-2021-42715

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-835

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 21, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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