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critical 9.1

CVE-2020-12761 json

modules/loaders/loader_ico.c in imlib2 1.6.0 has an integer overflow (with resultant invalid memory allocations and out-of-bounds reads) vi…

published 2020-05-09 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-5046

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

modules/loaders/loader_ico.c in imlib2 1.6.0 has an integer overflow (with resultant invalid memory allocations and out-of-bounds reads) via an icon with many colors in its color map.

Patch / fix

  • imlib2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.6.1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12761

  • imlib2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12761

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • imlib2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.11.1-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13010-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-12761 updated cvss 8.8

imlib2: integer overflow leading to an out-of-bounds read due to an icon with many colors in its color map

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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