CVE-2018-7588 describes a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in CImg v.220, specifically within the load_bmp function in CImg.h, which can be triggered by loading a specially crafted BMP image. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks, requiring user interaction to exploit. Despite its high severity, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
.220CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cimg:cimg:.220:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.