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CVE-2021-28021
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2021-10-15 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-787
Description
Buffer overflow vulnerability in function stbi__extend_receive in stb_image.h in stb 2.26 via a crafted JPEG file.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora: 34, 35
- Stb Project Stb: 2.26
References
- https://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/1108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00045.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3TDGZFLBOP27LZKLH45WQLSNPSPP7S7Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AF2CNP4FVC6LDKNOO4WDCGNDYIP3MPK6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEGXBDEMTFGINETMJENBZ6SCHVEJQJSY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G2M5CRSGPRF7G3YB5CLU4FXW7ANNHAYT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TXX76TJMZBPN3NU542MGN6B7C7QHRFGB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VP2YEXEAJWI76FPM7D7VXHWD3WESQEYC/
- https://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/1108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00045.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3TDGZFLBOP27LZKLH45WQLSNPSPP7S7Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AF2CNP4FVC6LDKNOO4WDCGNDYIP3MPK6/
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