CVE-2026-42146 PUBLISHED

CImg Library: Uncontrolled memory allocation via nb_colors field in _load_bmp

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 24.04.2026 Published: 04.05.2026 Updated: 04.05.2026

CImg Library is a C++ library for image processing. Prior to commit c3aacf5, the nb_colors field read from the BMP file header is used directly to compute an allocation size without validating it against the remaining file size. A crafted BMP file with a large nb_colors value triggers an out-of-memory condition, crashing any application that uses CImg to load untrusted BMP files. This issue has been patched via commit c3aacf5.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 5.5

Product Status

Vendor GreycLab
Product CImg
Versions
  • Version < c3aacf5b96ac1e54b7af1957c6737dbf3949f6d3 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value CWE