vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2020-21426): freeimage vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 22, 2023
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Mar 27, 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-ubuntu-package
Title
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