CVE-2020-21427 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function LoadPixelDataRLE8 in PluginBMP.cpp in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code and cause other impacts via crafted image file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00847.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Freeimage Project	Freeimage

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:freeimage_project:freeimage:3.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3662-1	freeimage security update
Debian DSA	DSA-5579-1	freeimage security update
EUVD	EUVD-2020-14199	Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function LoadPixelDataRLE8 in PluginBMP.cpp in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code and cause other impacts via crafted image file.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6586-1	FreeImage vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00020.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RUEK2JOVJBQZVNQIIZZO3JFMTVB4R5KS/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGOMCRAANNCQYJYPPMGRQWKRZGIP6NME/
https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/298/
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5579

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 13:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T12:50:14.075Z

Reserved: 2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-21427

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T14:30:32.035Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-22T19:16:11.423

Modified: 2025-05-05T13:15:46.093

Link: CVE-2020-21427

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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