Vulnerability · Published Mar 17, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-25514
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity buffer overflow in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 35.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
stb_truetype.h v1.26 was discovered to contain a heap-buffer-overflow via the function ttUSHORT() at stb_truetype.h. NOTE: Third party has disputed stating that the source code has also a disclaimer that it should only be used with trusted input.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-120