Vulnerability · Published Jun 23, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-14938
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the freedroidrpg package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in map.c in FreedroidRPG 1.0rc2. It assumes lengths of data sets read from saved game files. It copies data from a file into a fixed-size heap-allocated buffer without size verification, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | freedroidrpg | 1.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14938 |
| Debian:14 | freedroidrpg | 1.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14938 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | freedroidrpg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14938 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | freedroidrpg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14938 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | freedroidrpg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14938 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | freedroidrpg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14938 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | freedroidrpg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14938 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.freedroid.org/b/issue951 x_refsource_MISC
- https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2020/02/freedroid.html x_refsource_MISC