A flaw was found in libwebp in versions before 1.0.1. A heap-based buffer overflow in function WebPDecodeRGBInto is possible due to an invalid check for buffer size. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVE-2020-36328
Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 50(Track)EG Risk 50/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity98% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 85%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 21, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (7)
Auto-updated Aug 15, 2026[SECURITY] [DLA 2672-1] libwebp security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00005.html1956829 – (CVE-2020-36328) CVE-2020-36328 libwebp: heap-based buffer overflow in WebPDecode*Into functions
Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956829Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2021-07-21-1 iOS 14.7 and iPadOS 14.7
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/54About the security content of iOS 14.7 and iPadOS 14.7 - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212601[SECURITY] [DLA 2677-1] libwebp security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisories for CVE-2020-36328(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(8)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libwebpdemux2 (0.6.1-2ubuntu0.21.04.1) @ hirsute | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | webp (0.4.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ xenial | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| redhat | rhmtc/openshift-velero-plugin-rhel8:v1.4.6-4 | 2021-07-21 | redhat |
| redhat | libwebp-0:1.0.0-4.el8_2 | 2021-06-09 | redhat |
| redhat | libwebp-0:1.0.0-3.el8_4 | 2021-06-09 | redhat |
| redhat | libwebp-0:1.0.0-4.el8_1 | 2021-06-09 | redhat |
| redhat | qt5-qtimageformats-0:5.9.7-2.el7_9 | 2021-06-08 | redhat |
| redhat | libwebp-0:0.3.0-10.el7_9 | 2021-06-07 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libwebp | 0.6.1-2 | 0.6.1-2+deb10u1 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libwebp | — | 0.6.1-2.1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libwebp | — | 0.6.1-2.1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libwebp | — | 0.6.1-2.1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libwebp | — | 0.6.1-2.1 | — |
Debian:9(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| libwebp | 0.5.2-1 | 0.5.2-1+deb9u1 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(8)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2020-363282021-05-25
A flaw was found in libwebp in versions before 1.0.1. A heap-based buffer overflow in function WebPDecodeRGBInto is possible due to an invalid check for buffer size. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2260IMPORTANT2020-02-25
RHSA-2021:2260 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2328IMPORTANT2020-02-25
RHSA-2021:2328 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2354IMPORTANT2020-02-25
RHSA-2021:2354 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2364IMPORTANT2020-02-25
RHSA-2021:2364 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2021:2365IMPORTANT2020-02-25
RHSA-2021:2365 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-4971-1MEDIUM
libwebp vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4971-2MEDIUM
libwebp vulnerabilities
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