A heap-based buffer over-read or buffer overflow in davisking/dlib
Priority LOW 23CWE-120Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Out-of-bounds Write, Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') vulnerability in davisking dlib (dlib/external/zlib modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files inflate.C. This issue affects dlib: before v19.24.9.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00136 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
No affected products listed by the sources yet.
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-24799
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9549-fwq2-p6hg
References
More davisking vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-04138 Divide By Zero in dlib CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
Sources
- CVE-2026-24799 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-24799 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9549-fwq2-p6hg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-24799 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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