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CVE-2021-30499

Published: 27 May 2021

A flaw was found in libcaca. A buffer overflow of export.c in function export_troff might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libcaca
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.3)
focal
Released (0.99.beta19-2.1ubuntu1.20.04.2)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute
Released (0.99.beta19-2.2ubuntu1.1)
impish
Released (0.99.beta19-2.2ubuntu2.1)
jammy
Released (0.99.beta19-2.2ubuntu3)
trusty
Released (0.99.beta18-1ubuntu5.1+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/cacalabs/libcaca/commit/ab04483ee1a846d6b74b2e6248e980152baec3f6

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H