CVE-2015-7508

HIGH

Libnsbmp 0.1.2 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in BMP RLE Decoder

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/537132/100/0/threaded
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/73

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0288
EPSS Percentile 85.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
netsurf-browser/libnsbmp 0.1.2
Published Feb 12, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026