Vulnerability · Published May 21, 2021 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2020-36329

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity use-after-free in libwebp. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.3% (higher than 84% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.3%top 16.5% 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 use-after-free was found due to a thread being killed too early. 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-2020-36329
Debian:13libwebp0.6.1-2.1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36329
Debian:14libwebp0.6.1-2.1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36329
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-416

References