CVE-2026-42146

MEDIUM

CImg Library: Uncontrolled memory allocation via nb_colors field in _load_bmp

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

CImg Library is a C++ library for image processing. Prior to commit c3aacf5, the nb_colors field read from the BMP file header is used directly to compute an allocation size without validating it against the remaining file size. A crafted BMP file with a large nb_colors value triggers an out-of-memory condition, crashing any application that uses CImg to load untrusted BMP files. This issue has been patched via commit c3aacf5.

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-789
Status published
Products (1)
GreycLab/CImg < c3aacf5b96ac1e54b7af1957c6737dbf3949f6d3
Published May 04, 2026
Tracked Since May 05, 2026