{"cve":"CVE-2021-42716","nvd":{"published":"2021-10-21T19:15:08.083","modified":"2026-06-17T04:10:00.077","status":"Modified","description":"An issue was discovered in stb stb_image.h 2.27. The PNM loader incorrectly interpreted 16-bit PGM files as 8-bit when converting to RGBA, leading to a buffer overflow when later reinterpreting the result as a 16-bit buffer. An attacker could potentially have crashed a service using stb_image, or read up to 1024 bytes of non-consecutive heap data without control over the read location.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-120"],"references":["https://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/1166","https://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/1225","https://github.com/nothings/stb/pull/1223","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/"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","nothings:stb_image.h"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:24:39.218183596+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-42716","score":0.01456,"percentile":0.73493,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}