CVE-2021-42715
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 21, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:09 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraStb Image.h
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%1.33 ≤ v ≤ 2.27
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3TDGZFLBOP27LZKLH45WQLSNPSPP7S7Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AF2CNP4FVC6LDKNOO4WDCGNDYIP3MPK6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEGXBDEMTFGINETMJENBZ6SCHVEJQJSY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CI23LXPEV2GCDQTJSKO6CIILBDTI3R42/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FTZXHFZD36BGE5P6JF252NZZLKMGCY4T/
References (12)
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/1224x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/nothings/stb/pull/1223Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00045.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3TDGZFLBOP27LZKLH45WQLSNPSPP7S7Z/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AF2CNP4FVC6LDKNOO4WDCGNDYIP3MPK6/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEGXBDEMTFGINETMJENBZ6SCHVEJQJSY/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CI23LXPEV2GCDQTJSKO6CIILBDTI3R42/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FTZXHFZD36BGE5P6JF252NZZLKMGCY4T/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-835
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