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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2021-30499

CVE-2021-30499

HIGH7.8

A flaw was found in libcaca

Published May 26, 2021

Modified 4 months ago

Details

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.

References

WEB

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1948679

WEB

https://github.com/cacalabs/libcaca/issues/54

WEB

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00004.html

WEB

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00019.html

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6WFGYICNTMNDNMDDUV4G2RYFB5HNJCOV/

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PC7EGOEQ5C4OD66ZUJJIIYEXBTZOCMZX/

ADVISORY

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZSBCRN6EGQJUVOSD4OEEQ6XORHEM2CUL/

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-30499

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

7.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

Memory Safety

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMay 26, 2021

ModifiedNov 3, 2025

CVE-2021-30499 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence