An issue was discovered in stb stb_image.h 2.27. The PNM loader incorrectly interpreted 16-bit PGM files as 8-bit when converting to RGBA, leading to a buffer overflow when later reinterpreting the result as a 16-bit buffer. An attacker could potentially have crashed a service using stb_image, or read up to 1024 bytes of non-consecutive heap data without control over the read location.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | No solution existsUpgrade libstb | May 15, 2025 | Oct 21, 2021 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-libs/stb. | Sep 23, 2024 | Oct 21, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Oct 21, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade zxing-cpp-develUpgrade libzxing1Upgrade stb-devel | Jan 22, 2022 | Oct 21, 2021 |
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