PT-2023-11585 · Freeimage+1 · Freeimage+1

Galycannon · Published 2023-08-22 · Updated 2023-09-15 · CVE-2020-21426

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeImage version 3.18.0

Description The issue is a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the function C IStream::read in PluginEXR.cpp. This allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code and cause other impacts via a crafted image file.

Recommendations For FreeImage version 3.18.0, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as using a crafted image file could allow remote attackers to run arbitrary code. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-21426

Affected Products

Debian

Freeimage

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-21426 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-21426 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-21426 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21426 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RUEK2JOVJBQZVNQIIZZO3JFMTVB4R5KS · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGOMCRAANNCQYJYPPMGRQWKRZGIP6NME · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-21426 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21426 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-21426 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/57590 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/68937 · Telegram Post
• https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/300 · Note