UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25265

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25265
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25265.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25265
Upstream
Published
2020-12-02T17:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:42Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

AppImage libappimage before 1.0.3 allows attackers to trigger an overwrite of a system-installed .desktop file by providing a .desktop file that contains Name= with path components.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libappimage

Package

Name
libappimage
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libappimage@0.1.9+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.9+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.1.9+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "libappimage-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.1.9+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "libappimage0"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / libappimage

Package

Name
libappimage
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libappimage@0.1.10+dfsg-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.10+dfsg-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.1.10+dfsg-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libappimage-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.1.10+dfsg-0ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libappimage0"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / libappimage

Package

Name
libappimage
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libappimage@1.0.4-5-3.1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.4-5-2ubuntu1
1.0.4-5-3ubuntu1
1.0.4-5-3.1ubuntu1
1.0.4-5-3.1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.4-5-3.1ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libappimage-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.4-5-3.1ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libappimage1.0abi1t64"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.10 / libappimage

Package

Name
libappimage
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libappimage@1.0.4-5-4ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.4-5-4ubuntu1
1.0.4-5-4ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.4-5-4ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "libappimage-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.4-5-4ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "libappimage1.0abi1t64"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / libappimage

Package

Name
libappimage
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libappimage@1.0.4-5-4ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.4-5-4ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.4-5-4ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libappimage-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.4-5-4ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libappimage1.0abi1t64"
        }
    ]
}