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CVE-2020-21532

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-21532 describes a global buffer overflow vulnerability in the setfigfont function within genepic.c of fig2dev version 3.2.7b, affecting Debian Linux and xfig_project fig2dev. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires user interaction and local access to exploit, leading to high availability impact but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is currently no public exploit code available, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfig_project:fig2dev:3.2.7:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0108 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-21532Moderate

transfig: global buffer overflow in the setfigfont() in genepic.c

Dec 12, 2019

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00044.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/mcj/tickets/64
ExploitThird Party Advisory