CVE-2016-5637

2016-07-1518:00:00

certcc

www.cve.org

AI Score

8.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.005

Percentile

75.3%

JSON

The restore_tqb_pixels function in libbpg 0.9.5 through 0.9.7 mishandles the transquant_bypass_enable_flag value, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted BPG image, related to a “type confusion” issue.

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/123799

www.securityfocus.com/bid/91726