CVE-2021-42716

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in stb stb_image.h 2.27. The PNM loader incorrectly interpreted 16-bit PGM files as 8-bit when converting to RGBA, leading to a buffer overflow when later reinterpreting the result as a 16-bit buffer. An attacker could potentially have crashed a service using stb_image, or read up to 1024 bytes of non-consecutive heap data without control over the read location.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-120

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

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

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CVE-2021-42716: High severity, CVSS 7.1 | Vulnix