Vulnerability · Published Dec 2, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-25265
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the libappimage package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
AppImage libappimage before 1.0.3 allows attackers to trigger an overwrite of a system-installed .desktop file by providing a .desktop file that contains Name= with path components.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libappimage | 1.0.4-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25265 |
| Debian:13 | libappimage | 1.0.4-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25265 |
| Debian:14 | libappimage | 1.0.4-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25265 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libappimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25265 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libappimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25265 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libappimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25265 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libappimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25265 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libappimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25265 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/refi64/CVE-2020-25265-25266 x_refsource_MISC