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CVE-2026-42146

CImg Library is a C++ library for image processing. Prior to commit c3aacf5, the nb_colors field read from the BMP file

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.

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Published to NVD04 May 2026 · 06:16 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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