CVE-2018-12447 describes an integer overflow in the restore_tqb_pixels function within libavcodec, specifically affecting libbpg 0.9.8 and other products utilizing this library. This flaw leads to a heap-based buffer overflow, enabling remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability is critical, requiring user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libbpg_project:libbpg:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.