THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-8710
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-8710

Libbpg vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
An exploitable heap write out of bounds vulnerability exists in the decoding of BPG images in Libbpg library. A crafted BPG image decoded by libbpg can cause an integer underflow vulnerability causing an out of bounds heap write leading to remote code execution. This vulnerability can be triggered via attempting to decode a crafted BPG image using Libbpg.
Affected vendor
Libbpg Project
Affected product
Libbpg
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-01-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-8710

  • Confirm whether Libbpg Project Libbpg is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-8710.
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