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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2023-45662 EUVD-2023-49953

Multi-byte read heap buffer overflow in stbi__vertical_flip in stb_image

Published Oct 20, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

stb_image is a single file MIT licensed library for processing images. When `stbi_set_flip_vertically_on_load` is set to `TRUE` and `req_comp` is set to a number that doesn’t match the real number of components per pixel, the library attempts to flip the image vertically. A crafted image file can trigger `memcpy` out-of-bounds read because `bytes_per_pixel` used to calculate `bytes_per_row` doesn’t match the real image array dimensions.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nothings stb <= 2.28 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libstb No fix yet —
Debian 13 libstb No fix yet —
Debian 12 libstb No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libstb No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libstb No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 libstb No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libstb No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libstb No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libstb No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 stb 0_git20231012-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 stb 0_git20231012-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 stb 0_git20231012-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 stb 0_git20231012-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 stb 0_git20231012-r0 —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 stb 0_git20231012-r0 —

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