CVE-2023-43898 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Nothings stb 2.28 was discovered to contain a Null Pointer Dereference via the function stbi__convert_format. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted pic file.

Published: 2023-10-03

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nothings:stb_image.h:2.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00024.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/1452
https://github.com/nothings/stb/pull/1454
https://github.com/peccc/null-stb

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Nothings Stb Image.h

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T15:07:46.177Z

Reserved: 2023-09-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-43898

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:52:11.893Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-03T21:15:10.440

Modified: 2025-06-17T16:15:23.617

Link: CVE-2023-43898

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-476

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