Uncontrolled resource consumption in Clmg
Priority LOW 25CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
A flaw was found in Clmg, where with the help of a maliciously crafted pandore or bmp file with modified dx and dy header field values it is possible to trick the application into allocating huge buffer sizes like 64 Gigabyte upon reading the file from disk or from a virtual buffer.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00423 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Clmg | Fixed in v3.1.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Clmg Vendor— Affected Fixed in v3.1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-1325
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7vq8-69px-r6f8
References
Exploit 3
Patch 2
More Cimg vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-21992 An issue in cimg.eu Cimg Library v2.9.3 allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information via a crafted JPEG file. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2024-17455 A heap-based buffer overflow in Clmg before 3.3.3 can occur via a crafted file to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-10200 CImg through 2.6.7 has a heap-based buffer overflow in _load_bmp in CImg.h because of… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-15709 Integer overflow in CImg CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2018-05506 An issue was discovered in CImg v.220. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2018-05504 An issue was discovered in CImg v.220. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-1325 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-1325 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7vq8-69px-r6f8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-1325 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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