CVE-2021-30499
published 2021-05-27CVE-2021-30499: 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.
PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.25%
66.1th percentile
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.
Affected
12 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | libcaca | < libcaca 0.99.beta19-3 (bookworm) | libcaca 0.99.beta19-3 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| libcaca_project | libcaca | >= 0 < 0.99.beta19-2.2+deb11u1 | 0.99.beta19-2.2+deb11u1 |
| libcaca_project | libcaca | >= 0 < 0.99.beta19-3 | 0.99.beta19-3 |
| libcaca_project | libcaca | >= 0 < 0.99.beta19-3 | 0.99.beta19-3 |
| libcaca_project | libcaca | >= 0 < 0.99.beta19-3 | 0.99.beta19-3 |
| libcaca_project | libcaca | >= 0 < 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.3 | 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.3 |
| libcaca_project | libcaca | >= 0 < 0.99.beta19-2.1ubuntu1.20.04.2 | 0.99.beta19-2.1ubuntu1.20.04.2 |
| libcaca_project | libcaca | >= 0 < 0.99.beta18-1ubuntu5.1+esm2 | 0.99.beta18-1ubuntu5.1+esm2 |
| libcaca_project | libcaca | >= 0 < 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1 | 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
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Ubuntu
libcaca vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2021-10-21·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2021-30498 [HIGH] libcaca vulnerabilities
Title: libcaca vulnerabilities
Summary: libcaca could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted image.
It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2021-30498, CVE-2021-30499)
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Debian
CVE-2021-30499: libcaca - A flaw was found in libcaca. A buffer overflow of export.c in function export_tr...
vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2021-30499 [HIGH] CVE-2021-30499: libcaca - A flaw was found in libcaca. A buffer overflow of export.c in function export_tr...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.99.beta19-3)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.99.beta19-2.2+deb11u1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.99.beta19-3)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.99.beta19-3)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.99.beta19-3)
GHSA
GHSA-23ff-j3f9-vw6f: A flaw was found in libcaca
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2021-30499 [CRITICAL] CWE-119 GHSA-23ff-j3f9-vw6f: A flaw was found in libcaca
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.
OSV
libcaca vulnerabilities
osv·2021-10-21·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2021-30498 [HIGH] libcaca vulnerabilities
libcaca vulnerabilities
It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2021-30498, CVE-2021-30499)
OSV
CVE-2021-30499: A flaw was found in libcaca
osv·2021-05-27·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2021-30499 [HIGH] CVE-2021-30499: A flaw was found in libcaca
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1948679https://github.com/cacalabs/libcaca/issues/54https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00004.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6WFGYICNTMNDNMDDUV4G2RYFB5HNJCOV/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PC7EGOEQ5C4OD66ZUJJIIYEXBTZOCMZX/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZSBCRN6EGQJUVOSD4OEEQ6XORHEM2CUL/https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1948679https://github.com/cacalabs/libcaca/issues/54https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00004.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00019.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6WFGYICNTMNDNMDDUV4G2RYFB5HNJCOV/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PC7EGOEQ5C4OD66ZUJJIIYEXBTZOCMZX/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZSBCRN6EGQJUVOSD4OEEQ6XORHEM2CUL/
2021-05-27
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