Buffer overflow in FreeImage - CVE-2020-24294

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Buffer overflow in FreeImage - CVE-2020-24294

Published: August 29, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80074
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-24294
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FreeImage
Software vendor:
FreeImage

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the psdParser::UnpackRLE() function in PSDParser.cpp. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and crash the application.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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