CVE-2021-30499

Publication date 27 May 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libcaca 22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.99.beta19-2.2ubuntu3
21.10 impish
Fixed 0.99.beta19-2.2ubuntu2.1
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 0.99.beta19-2.2ubuntu1.1
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.99.beta19-2.1ubuntu1.20.04.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.3
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libcaca

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-5119-1
    • libcaca vulnerabilities
    • 21 October 2021

Other references