Vulnerability · Published May 21, 2021 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2020-36328

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity out-of-bounds write in libwebp. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.7% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.7%top 14.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in libwebp in versions before 1.0.1. A heap-based buffer overflow in function WebPDecodeRGBInto is possible due to an invalid check for buffer size. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12libwebp0.6.1-2.1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36328
Debian:13libwebp0.6.1-2.1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36328
Debian:14libwebp0.6.1-2.1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36328
Rocky Linux:8libwebp0:1.0.0-3.el8_4RLSA-2021:2354

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a libwebp libwebp 1.0.1

Weakness: CWE-787

References