PT-2018-13814 · Mozilla+2 · Emscripten+2

Tianxiaoguo · Published 2018-09-12 · Updated 2025-12-04 · CVE-2018-16981

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions stb image.h version 2.19

Description The issue is a heap-based buffer overflow in the stbi out gif code function. This problem affects products that use stb image.h, including catimg and Emscripten.

Recommendations For stb image.h version 2.19, consider updating to a newer version to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the stbi out gif code function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16981

DLA-3305-1

USN-7913-1

Affected Products

Emscripten

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/656 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16981 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-34300 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7913-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7913-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16981 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3305-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46143 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00045.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/45159 · Telegram Post