CVE-2020-18652

Exp

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in WEBP_Support.cpp in exempi 2.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of crafted webp file.

Published: 2023-08-22 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-18652 is rated Exploit Available (57.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.80%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-18652

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-18652

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.16% 0.80% -1.36%
2 2026-04-02 2.61% 2.16% -0.45%
3 2026-03-15 — 2.61% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-18652

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-18652

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-18652

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-18652 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (exempi), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-18652
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-18652
suse medium CVE-2020-18652 severity moderate: SUSE including 9 source package names (exempi, exempi-2.4.5-4.el8, …), 48 product×package rows across 24 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, … (24 product lines)): Fixed 24, Known Not Affected 24. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-18652/
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-18652 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (exempi), 12 status rows across 12 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 8, needs-triage 2, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-18652

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-18652

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
exempi_project exempi <= 2.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:exempi_project:exempi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-18652

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