CVE-2020-21531 [Medium] | Memory Corruption in Fig2dev

CVE-2020-21531 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-02-15	0.12%	0.52%	+0.40%
2	2025-11-21	0.41%	0.12%	-0.29%
3	2025-11-18	—	0.41%	—

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2026-02-15

0.12%

0.52%

+0.40%

2025-11-21

0.41%

0.12%

-0.29%

2025-11-18

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0.41%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. 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.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]
4.3	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:N) No integrity impact. Availability impact (A:P) Partial availability impact.	8.6	2.9	[email protected]

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5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

4.3

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N): No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N): No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P): Partial availability impact.

8.6

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-21531

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2020-21531 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (fig2dev), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-21531
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-21531
`suse`	medium	CVE-2020-21531 severity moderate: SUSE including 7 source package names (transfig-3.2.8b-160.16.2, transfig-3.2.8b-2.1, …), 31 product×package rows across 31 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4, … (31 product lines)): Fixed 31.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-21531/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2020-21531 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (fig2dev, transfig), 30 status rows across 15 suites (bionic, focal, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 14, not-affected 10, released 3, ignored 1, needed 1, needs-triage 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21531

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-21531

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
xfig_project	fig2dev	3.2.7	cpe:2.3:a:xfig_project:fig2dev:3.2.7:b::::::
debian	debian_linux	9.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
debian	debian_linux	10.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*

References for CVE-2020-21531

URL	Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00002.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00044.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/63/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

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CVE-2020-21531

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-21531

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-21531

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-21531

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-21531

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-21531

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-21531

References for CVE-2020-21531