CVE-2020-21428

Publication date 22 August 2023

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
freeimage 24.10 oracular
Fixed in 3.18.0+ds2-10build4
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed in 3.18.0+ds2-10build4
23.10 mantic
Fixed in 3.18.0+ds2-9.1ubuntu0.1
23.04 lunar
Fixed in 3.18.0+ds2-9ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed in 3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed in 3.18.0+ds2-1ubuntu3.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed in 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed in 3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed in 3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm3

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Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-6586-1
    • FreeImage vulnerabilities
    • 16 January 2024

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