CVE-2020-22524

Publication date 22 August 2023

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FreeImage_Load function in FreeImage Library 3.19.0(r1828) allows attackers to cuase a denial of service via crafted PFM file.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
freeimage	24.10 oracular	Fixed 3.18.0+ds2-10build4
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 3.18.0+ds2-10build4
	23.10 mantic	Fixed 3.18.0+ds2-9.1ubuntu0.1
	23.04 lunar	Fixed 3.18.0+ds2-9ubuntu0.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 3.18.0+ds2-1ubuntu3.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm3

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6586-1
FreeImage vulnerabilities
16 January 2024