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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.58%). 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
- 1.58% probability · 75th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- freedroid/freedroidrpg
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.