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Ubuntu: USN-6586-1 (CVE-2020-21428): FreeImage vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 22, 2023
Added
Jan 17, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

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

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libfreeimage3ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libfreeimageplus3ubuntu-upgrade-libfreeimage3ubuntu-upgrade-libfreeimageplus3
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