Vulnerability · Published Jun 23, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-14939
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-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 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in savestruct_internal.c in FreedroidRPG 1.0rc2. Saved game files are composed of Lua scripts that recover a game's state. A file can be modified to put any Lua code inside, leading to arbitrary code execution while loading.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | freedroidrpg | 1.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14939 |
| Debian:14 | freedroidrpg | 1.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14939 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | freedroidrpg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14939 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | freedroidrpg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14939 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | freedroidrpg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14939 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | freedroidrpg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14939 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | freedroidrpg | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14939 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2020/02/freedroid.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.freedroid.org/b/issue953 x_refsource_MISC