CVE-2020-21428

Publication date 22 August 2023

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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

Show unmaintained releases

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

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	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