SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-21533

fig2dev 3.2.7b contains a stack buffer overflow in the read_textobject function in read.c.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.87%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.87%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

fig2dev 3.2.7b contains a stack buffer overflow in the read_textobject function in read.c.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.87% probability · 58th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
xfig project/fig2dev · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.87%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.9% 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.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.