Thread: Not enough memory to display image
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rambo is offline rambo
2011-07-04 , 08:08
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#5
it's an issue with free RAM, and it's quite possible to construct images that compress to low kBs and yet are huge in pixel count when decoded (and thus requires Xpx*Ypx*colorBits of memory [for 1600px*1200px24bit it's ~43MB]).

Also if the image is corrupted in a funny way there's no telling what bugs in the decoder library it triggers (this has succesfully been used to inject malware in the past)
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