Vulnerability · Published Dec 2, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-25266
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the libappimage package (Ubuntu). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 71.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
AppImage appimaged before 1.0.3 does not properly check whether a downloaded file is a valid appimage. For example, it will accept a crafted mp3 file that contains an appimage, and install it.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libappimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libappimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libappimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libappimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libappimage | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/refi64/CVE-2020-25265-25266 x_refsource_MISC