CVE-2015-7508
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 12, 2020 at 02:37 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:32 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibnsbmp
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the bmp_decode_rle function in libnsbmp.c in Libnsbmp 0.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the last row of RLE data in a crafted BMP file.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/73x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/537132/100/0/threadedCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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