UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20739

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-20739

    Published: 20 Nov 2020Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-20739
    Aliases:
    USN-6437-1

    Summary:

    Details: im_vips2dz in /libvips/libvips/deprecated/im_vips2dz.c in libvips before 8.8.2 has an uninitialized variable which may cause the leakage of remote server path or stack address.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-20739, https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/2ab5aa7bf515135c2b02d42e9a72e4c98e17031a, https://github.com/libvips/libvips/issues/1419, https://github.com/libvips/libvips/commit/2ab5aa7bf515135c2b02d42e9a72e4c98e17031a, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6437-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-20739

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vips

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.2.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    7.40.6-2ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High