CVE-2020-21427

Published: Aug 22, 2023Modified: May 5, 2025

7.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Freeimage Project: Freeimage

Freeimage Project

1 product

Freeimage

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freeimage Project Freeimage	Version 3.18.0

Related CWEs

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

References (10)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00020.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RUEK2JOVJBQZVNQIIZZO3JFMTVB4R5KS/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGOMCRAANNCQYJYPPMGRQWKRZGIP6NME/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/298/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5579

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00020.html