UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25266
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266
Upstream
  • CVE-2020-25266
Published
2020-12-02T17:15:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:04:18.925500996Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

AppImage appimaged before 1.0.3 does not properly check whether a downloaded file is a valid appimage. For example, it will accept a crafted mp3 file that contains an appimage, and install it.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libappimage

Package

Name
libappimage
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libappimage?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_name": "libappimage0",
            "binary_version": "0.1.9+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / libappimage

Package

Name
libappimage
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libappimage?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_name": "libappimage0",
            "binary_version": "0.1.10+dfsg-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / libappimage

Package

Name
libappimage
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libappimage?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_name": "libappimage1.0abi1t64",
            "binary_version": "1.0.4-5-3.1ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / libappimage

Package

Name
libappimage
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libappimage?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_name": "libappimage1.0abi1t64",
            "binary_version": "1.0.4-5-4ubuntu3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / libappimage

Package

Name
libappimage
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libappimage?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.4-5-4ubuntu3
1.0.4-5-6ubuntu1
1.0.4-5-7
1.0.4-5-7build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libappimage1.0abi1t64",
            "binary_version": "1.0.4-5-7build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25266.json"