Buffer overflow in Freedroid Freedroidrpg
CVE-2020-14938
An issue was discovered in map.c in FreedroidRPG 1.0rc2. It assumes lengths of data sets read from saved game files. It copies data from a file into a fixed-size heap-allocated buffer without size verification, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freedroid Freedroidrpg — versions 1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugs.freedroid.org/b/issue951 (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- logicaltrust.net/blog/2020/02/freedroid.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-14938?
- CVE-2020-14938 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Freedroid Freedroidrpg, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-06-23.
- How severe is CVE-2020-14938?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-14938 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.