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CVE-2018-7588

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
.220CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cimg:cimg:.220:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0135 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / dtschump/CImg/issues/183
Third Party Advisory
github.com / xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/cimg
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00030.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00033.html
usn.ubuntu.com / 4039-1