CVE-2019-1010174

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2019 at 01:12 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:09 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxCimg Library

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

CImg The CImg Library v.2.3.3 and earlier is affected by: command injection. The impact is: RCE. The component is: load_network() function. The attack vector is: Loading an image from a user-controllable url can lead to command injection, because no string sanitization is done on the url. The fixed version is: v.2.3.4.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 2.3.3
Affected range stops below 2.3.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77

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