VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-14938
It copies data from a file into a fixed-size heap-allocated buffer without size verification, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.38%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in map.c in FreedroidRPG 1.0rc2. It assumes lengths of data sets read from saved game files. It copies data from a file into a fixed-size heap-allocated buffer without size verification, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.38% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- freedroid/freedroidrpg
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.freedroid.org/b/issue951Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2020/02/freedroid.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.freedroid.org/b/issue951Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2020/02/freedroid.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.