CVE-2020-36328

A flaw was found in libwebp in versions before 1.0.1. A heap-based buffer overflow in function WebPDecodeRGBInto is possible due to an invalid check for buffer size. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Published: 2021-05-21 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-36328 is rated Moderate Risk (62.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.53%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-36328

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 2025-12-28 0.60% 0.53% -0.07%
2 2025-12-27 0.53% 0.60% +0.07%
3 2025-11-21 0.53%

Full EPSS history (30 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-36328

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-36328

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-36328

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-36328 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libwebp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-36328
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36328
suse critical CVE-2020-36328 severity critical: SUSE including 259 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 449 product×package rows across 55 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, … (55 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 142, Known Not Affected 76. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36328/
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-36328 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libwebp), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 8, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36328

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-36328

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webmproject libwebp < 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:webmproject:libwebp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple ipados 14.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:14.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os 14.7 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:14.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-36328

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