Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-21427
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity buffer overflow in the freeimage package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function LoadPixelDataRLE8 in PluginBMP.cpp in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code and cause other impacts via crafted image file.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | freeimage | 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1 | DSA-5579-1 |
| Debian:12 | freeimage | 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-21427 |
| Debian:13 | freeimage | 3.18.0+ds2-10 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-21427 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | freeimage | 3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1 | USN-6586-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | freeimage | 3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21427 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | freeimage | 3.18.0+ds2-10build4 | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21427 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21427 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21427 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | freeimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21427 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/298/
- FEDORA-2023-a8b26b910d vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-2840932fa8 vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20231125 [SECURITY] [DLA 3662-1] freeimage security update mailing-list
- DSA-5579 vendor-advisory