USN-7437-1: CImg library vulnerabilities

15 April 2025

Several security issues were fixed in CImg.

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Releases

Packages

  • cimg - powerful image processing library

Details

It was discovered that the CImg library did not properly check the size
of images before loading them. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-1325)

It was discovered that the CImg library did not correctly handle certain
memory operations, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2024-26540)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 18.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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