What is CVE-2020-12761?

CVE-2020-12761 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Enlightenment Imlib2, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2020-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2020-12761?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Enlightenment Imlib2

CVE-2020-12761

modules/loaders/loader_ico.c in imlib2 1.6.0 has an integer overflow (with resultant invalid memory allocations and out-of-bounds reads) via an icon with many colors in its color map.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2020-05-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Enlightenment Imlib2 — versions 1.6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

git.enlightenment.org/legacy/imlib2.git/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12761?: CVE-2020-12761 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Enlightenment Imlib2, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2020-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-12761?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.