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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2020-24294 json

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in psdParser::UnpackRLE function in PSDParser.cpp in FreeImage 3.19.0 [r1859] allows remote attackers to cuas…

published 2023-08-22 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-17029

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in psdParser::UnpackRLE function in PSDParser.cpp in FreeImage 3.19.0 [r1859] allows remote attackers to cuase a denial of service via opening of crafted psd file.

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-2020-24294 updated cvss 6.5

freeimage: buffer overflow in psdParser::UnpackRLE() in PSDParser.cpp

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

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • sourceforge.net https://sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/afb98701eb/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 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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