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CVE-2021-3410

Published: 23 February 2021

A flaw was found in libcaca v0.99.beta19. A buffer overflow issue in caca_resize function in libcaca/caca/canvas.c may lead to local execution of arbitrary code in the user context.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libcaca
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.2)
focal
Released (0.99.beta19-2.1ubuntu1.20.04.1)
groovy
Released (0.99.beta19-2.1ubuntu1.20.10.1)
hirsute
Released (0.99.beta19-2.2ubuntu1)
trusty
Released (0.99.beta18-1ubuntu5.1+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (0.99.beta19-2.2)
xenial
Released (0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.16.04.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/cacalabs/libcaca/commit/46b4ea7cea72d6b3ffe65d33e604b1774dcc2bbd
upstream: https://github.com/cacalabs/libcaca/commit/e4968ba6e93e9fd35429eb16895c785c51072015

Severity score breakdown

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