5.5

CVE-2023-45663: nothings stb Use of Uninitialized Resource

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-45663DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45663
Published 20-10-2023Last modified 13-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-45663 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in nothings stb. EPSS estimates a 0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.66%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 20-10-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

stb_image is a single file MIT licensed library for processing images. The stbi__getn function reads a specified number of bytes from context (typically a file) into the specified buffer. In case the file stream points to the end, it returns zero. There are two places where its return value is not checked: In the `stbi__hdr_load` function and in the `stbi__tga_load` function. The latter of the two is likely more exploitable as an attacker may also control the size of an uninitialized buffer.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

50%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.66% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.66%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Nothings2 products
Debian1 product
  • libstbAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
  • libstbAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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