CVE-2020-14939
A file can be modified to put any Lua code inside, leading to arbitrary code execution while loading.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in savestruct_internal.c in FreedroidRPG 1.0rc2. Saved game files are composed of Lua scripts that recover a game's state. A file can be modified to put any Lua code inside, leading to arbitrary code execution while loading.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.31% probability · 70th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- freedroid/freedroidrpg
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% 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/issue953Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://logicaltrust.net/blog/2020/02/freedroid.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.freedroid.org/b/issue953Exploit, 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.