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Debian: CVE-2020-21426: freeimage -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 22, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function C_IStream::read in PluginEXR.cpp in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code and cause other impacts via crafted image file.

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
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