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medium 6.5

CVE-2020-22524 json

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FreeImage_Load function in FreeImage Library 3.19.0(r1828) allows attackers to cuase a denial of service v…

published 2023-08-22 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-15284

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FreeImage_Load function in FreeImage Library 3.19.0(r1828) allows attackers to cuase a denial of service via crafted PFM file.

Patch / fix

  • freeimage Debian 12 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1
  • freeimage Debian 13 3.18.0+ds2-10

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22524

  • freeimage Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 3.18.0+ds2-1ubuntu3.1
  • freeimage Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1
  • freeimage Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 3.18.0+ds2-10build4
  • freeimage Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm3
  • freeimage Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
  • freeimage Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-22524

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

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-2020-22524 updated cvss 6.5

freeimage: buffer overflow in FreeImage_Load() in Plugin.cpp

  • 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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/319/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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