Name: CVE-2022-28042: Use After Free
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-28042, CWE-416, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.00432

stb_image.h v2.27 was discovered to contain an heap-based use-after-free via the function stbi__jpeg_huff_decode.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	No solution existsUpgrade libstb	Feb 2, 2023	Apr 15, 2022
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-libs/stb.	Sep 23, 2024	Apr 15, 2022
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Apr 15, 2022

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CVSS Details

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