Vulnerability · Published May 21, 2021 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2020-36330

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity out-of-bounds read in libwebp. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.2% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.2%top 17.2% 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. An out-of-bounds read was found in function ChunkVerifyAndAssign. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and to the service availability.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8libwebp1.0.0-5.el8ALSA-2021:4231
AlmaLinux:8libwebp-devel1.0.0-5.el8ALSA-2021:4231
Debian:12libwebp0.6.1-2.1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36330
Debian:13libwebp0.6.1-2.1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36330
Debian:14libwebp0.6.1-2.1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36330
Rocky Linux:8libwebp0:1.0.0-5.el8RLSA-2021:4231

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a libwebp libwebp 1.0.1

Weakness: CWE-125

References