CVE-2020-21428

published 2023-08-22

CVE-2020-21428: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function LoadRGB in PluginDDS.cpp in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code and cause other impacts…

Priority P3 35 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function LoadRGB in PluginDDS.cpp in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code and cause other impacts via crafted image file.

Affected

11 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	freeimage	< freeimage 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1 (bookworm)	freeimage 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1 (bookworm)
freeimage_project	freeimage	—	—
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.18.0+ds2-6+deb11u1	3.18.0+ds2-6+deb11u1
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1	3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.18.0+ds2-10	3.18.0+ds2-10
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.18.0+ds2-10	3.18.0+ds2-10
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.18.0+ds2-1ubuntu3.1	3.18.0+ds2-1ubuntu3.1
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1	3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm3	3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm3
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1	3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
freeimage_project	freeimage	>= 0 < 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1	3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

osv 7.8 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.8 HIGH

vendor_ubuntu 7.5 HIGH

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