CVE-2020-24292

HIGH 8.8CVE-2020-24292 · Published 22/08/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-24292 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting freeimage (freeimage project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 73.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
freeimage freeimage_project	`= 3.19.0`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in load function in PluginICO.cpp in FreeImage 3.19.0 [r1859] allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via opening of crafted ico file.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HFRQ76ZDPSWT7OH6FJDLSFWBXVBE6JDN
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M6GKMK74POW3RU7F4HLUJE7XEFLQDO35
sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/discussion/36111/thread/afb98701eb · Exploit

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

freeimage

freeimage_project

= 3.19.0

No fix yet

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