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freeimage — security advisory
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function LoadPixelDataRLE8 in PluginBMP.cpp in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code and cause other impacts via crafted image file.
- Products
- freeimage
- Affected versions
- 3.18.0+ds2-9
- Fixed versions
- 3.18.0+ds2-10, 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-21427
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 28 Oct 2026, 12:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function LoadPixelDataRLE8 in PluginBMP.cpp in FreeImage 3.18.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code and cause other impacts via crafted image file.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-21427
freeimage
Fixed versions: 3.18.0+ds2-9+deb12u1
freeimage
Fixed versions: 3.18.0+ds2-10
Complete source record
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