High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-21427

Description

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.

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Affected products

FreeImage/FreeImagedescription
Freeimage Project/Freeimagellm-fuzzy
Range: =3.18.0

Patches

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References

sourceforge.net/p/freeimage/bugs/298/nvdThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00020.htmlnvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RUEK2JOVJBQZVNQIIZZO3JFMTVB4R5KS/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGOMCRAANNCQYJYPPMGRQWKRZGIP6NME/nvd
www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5579nvd

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